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Despatch balloon message
Despatch balloon message, printed on white Silk with black and red text. Front text reads: 'Despatched by a balloon / H.M.S. Resolute / in Lat...N., Long... W., / To Sir John Franklin.' Reverse reads: 'Provisions left at .../ Steering for.../ Intending to winter at...or in / the vicinity.' It is associated with the Franklin Search Expedition, lead by Horatio Austin, 1850-51, and belonged to Richard Vesey Hamilton (1829-1912) who was mate of 'Assistance'.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA3975 |
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| Collection: | Polar Equipment and Relics |
| Type: | Despatch balloon message |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851 |
| Vessels: | Assistance (1835); Resolute (purchased 1850) |
| Date made: | 1850 |
| People: | Hamilton, Richard Vesey |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 175 x 43 mm |