[Papers relating to the 1847-1849 search for Sir John Franklin's expedition]. [1847-1849]

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[Papers relating to the 1847-1849 search for Sir John Franklin's expedition]. [1847-1849]

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"Dossier of documents ... some extending to several pages, relating to the organisation, economics and progress of the expedition commanded by Sir John Richardson in search of the lost Franklin expedition. ... [A]ffords a documentary picture of the expedition from its inception to its conclusion. There are original letters from the boat-builders (with plans) of the boats supplied to the expedition; letters of Governor George Simpson of the Hudson Bay Company; of the Chief Factors of the Company, John Bell, Donald Ross and others; estimates of the cost of personnel, stores, etc.; letters from scientists, Beaufort, Sabine, James D. Forbes and others with offers of scientific instruments; copies of Richardson's letters; the cost of the expedition estimated before departure; the wages etc. of hired staff on arrival in America; the despatches of Richardson to the Admiralty; delivery notes of goods supplied at trading posts by the Hudson Bay Company."--Bookseller's description.

173 items in 1 v. ; 24 cm.

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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