Letter, 1824 June 20 : to Stokes.

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Letter, 1824 June 20 : to Stokes.

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Letter thanking Stokes for the gift of a pen. Notes that he will be collecting specimens and that he may bring some back from the Pacific Ocean. Parry is writing from on board HMS Hecla heading for Lancaster Sound while on his third voyage in search of the Northwest Passage.

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Dartmouth College Library

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Hecla (Ship)

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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855

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Sir (William) Edward Parry: b 1790; entered Royal Navy 1803; Lt 1810; in 1818 he commanded the ALEXANDER, a hired brig under the orders of Captain John Ross in his expedition to the Arctic; in 1819 he was appointed to the HECLA, in command of an expedition to discover the north-west passage; promoted Commander, 1820 and Captain 1821; led a further three expeditions to the Arctic, 1821-1825; Hydrographer to the Admiralty, 1825; led a further expedition to the North Pole, 1827, reaching further no...