Letters from Sir John Ross, with related material. ca. 1835.

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Letters from Sir John Ross, with related material. ca. 1835.

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Comprises 2 autograph letters from Sir John Ross, 1 to Comte Pozzo di Borgo dated 8 October 1835, 1 to an unnamed recipient incompletely dated (both with transcripts), 1 portrait of Ross as a captain in the Royal Navy, and 1 large photograph of him in later years as a rear-admiral. The bound volume includes a brief biography of Ross which is very similar to that contained in the Dictionary of National Biography.

2 letters (3 ff. with 2 ff. conjoined), 1 port., and 1 photograph, all held in 1 envelope, manuscript, photograph, and printed material.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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SNAC Resource ID: 7683238

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Pozzo di Borgo, Carlo Andrea, conte, 1764-1842

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Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856

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English admiral and arctic explorer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to John Murray, Esq., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657697 Sir John Ross (1777-1856) was a British naval officer and Arctic explorer. After volunteering for the Royal Navy at the age of nine and rising to the rank of Commander in the Napoleonic Wars, Ross led an 1818 expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. He also headed two later, privately funded, voyages of exploratio...