Correspondence, 1850-1864.

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Correspondence, 1850-1864.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/237352156

Collection of letters concerning the search for Sir John Franklin. Includes letters written by Lady Jane Franklin or by her niece, Sophia Cracroft, on her behalf.

1 box (0.2 ft.)

Dartmouth College Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7119388

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Cracroft, Sophia, 1816-1892

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Epithet: niece of Sir J Franklin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001f2 Sophia Cracroft accompanied her aunt, Lady Jane Franklin, on a trip to Sitka in 1870 on the vessel Newbern, to search for her husband Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. From the description of Journal kept during trip to Alaska by Sophia Cracroft, 1870 May 12 to June 14. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 420...

Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879

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Historian. From the description of Letters 1845-1876. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 702669699 Dixon was born on June 30, 1821 at Great Ancoats in Manchester, England; wrote a five-act tragedy, The Azamoglan, which was privately printed; editor of Cheltenham Journal, 1846; called to bar in London, 1854, but never practiced law; contributor to the Athenaeum and the Daily News; wrote Life of William Penn (1851); editor of the Athenaeum, 1853-69; traveled widely and ...

Hamilton, William Alexander Baillie, 1803-

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Franklin, John, 1786-1847

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M'Clintock, Francis Leopold, Sir, 1819-1907

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Epithet: Captain RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x000272 ...

Grinnell, Henry, 1799-1874

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Businessman and philanthropist. From the description of Signature of Henry Grinnell, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450582 Henry Grinnell was born on 13 February 1799 at New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was educated at the New Bedford Academy and, at the age of nineteen, was employed as a clerk in the commission house of H D and E B Sewell in New York City. In 1825, he joined his brothers, Joseph and Moses, and whaling captain Preserved Fish, to form th...

Franklin, Jane, 1791-1875

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Wife of Sir John Franklin. From the description of Letter, 1849, June 9, Bedford Place, London, to Sir. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122492662 Lady Jane Franklin, neeĢ Griffin, second wife of Sir John Franklin, Lt. Governor of Tasmania, 1836-1843. Lady Franklin took a great interest in the affairs of the colony, made a number of overland journeys in Australia and concerned herself with scientific research, public education and convict welfare. From the descript...

Isbister, Alexander Kennedy, 1822-1883

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Epithet: of Hudson's Bay Co British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000562.0x0002f5 Epithet: formerly of the Hudson's Bay Co.; educational writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000399 ...