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Barrel hoop fragments
Copper Sheet Fragment
Copper sheet fragments
food service t&e: rations: tin, meat(fragment)
Meat tin
relic: copper, sheet (6 fragments)
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
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Franklin, John
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Petersen, Johan Carl Christian
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A long strip of copper bent over with irregular nail holes around the edges (Copper Sheet Fragment)
A short piece of copper sheet (Copper Sheet Fragment)
A short irregular piece of copper sheet (Copper Sheet Fragment)
A strip of preserved meat tin (Meat tin)
Three pieces of iron plate. (Barrel hoop fragments)
Six pieces of copper sheathing (Copper sheet fragments)
A copper sheet, possibly half of the top of a rectangular tin (Copper Sheet Fragment)
A bent strip of copper with nail holes around the edges (Copper Sheet Fragment)
A length of copper sheet with two circular depressions on the surface (Copper Sheet Fragment)
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