Letters, writings and drawings by Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, also known as Qalasirssuaq, an Inuit, who acted as a guide to Captain Erasmus Ommaney, commander of H.M.S. Assistance on an 1850 expedition to find Franklin Comprising letter from 'Kalli', St Augustine's College [Canterbury], 11 May 1853 [to Mrs J P (Eleanor) Gell, his Godmother], enclosing three little drawings, two of ships and one of two polar bears; letter to Mrs E Gell written from St John College, 3 October 1855, signed Erasmus A Kalli with a subscript added: 'Kalli's last letter from St John's Newfoundland, where he died, 1855'; sheet of scripture titled 'Second Class Book John 5 39', possibly a piece of writing practice or religious study. 1853-1855