Record

Browse this collectionThis entry describes an individual archive record or file. Click here to browse the full catalogue for this collection
Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FLJ/2/5
Former ReferenceD3311/112/5
TitlePrinted copy of letter addressed by Lady Franklin to the Admiralty concerning the possibility of an expedition being sent by the Bering Strait
Date11 Jul 1856
DescriptionWritten from 60 Pall Mall; complaint at non-reply to her request for a delay in the adjudication of award of £10,000 to Dr Rae, which did not allow her to proceed with planning for any expedition of he own and provoked uncertainty for a potential benefactor prepared to provide finances; her opinion, backed by Captains Collinson and Maguire, that an expedition via the Bering Strait could be successful
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorJane Griffin later Lady Franklin (1791-1875)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
FormatPrinted
TermGeographical exploration
Arctic regions
Explorers
Franklin Expedition (1845)

Show related Persons records.

Related Names
Name (click for further details)
Franklin; Lady; Jane (1791-1875); second wife of Sir John Franklin, campaigner and traveller
Rae; John (1813-1893); Arctic explorer
Collinson; Sir; Richard (1811-1883); naval officer and explorer
Maguire; Rochefort (1815-1867); naval officer
Add to My Items