| Description | Page 1 - Printed notice from the Admiralty, 23rd March, 1849; Printed letter from WAB Hamilton, Admiralty, 15th May 1849 to Captain Sir JC Ross, HMS Enterprise, Arctic Sea; Handwritten note titled 'The Southerly Drift of Artic Ice', 1848 to 1854;
Page 2 - Printed news of Sir J Franklin's exhibition, Sept 29th 1849 to July 19th 1849; Printed article titled Sir John Franklin; Printed letter titled Artic Expeditions, Hull, 4th October 1849, from Tho. Ward;
Page 3 - Notice from Jane Franklin, titled 'Two Thousand Pounds offered by Lady Franklin to Whalers'; Captain Sir George Back's card with handwritten note; (Inserted) Chart of Baffin Bay with Davis & Barrow Straits by Capt Ross & Lieut Parry, RN, in 1818,19 & 20 and the discoveries of Capt Parry in 1822 and 23, Capt Lyon in 1824 and Dr Rae in 1847 with the track chart of Mr Parker , in the 'Truelove' forwarded for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 4th October 1849;
Page 4 - Article from the Nautical Standard Nov 49; Article from the Morning Herald Friday 9th Nov 1849, titled Sir John Franklin's expedition;
Page 5 - empty;
Page 6 - Article referring to HM Plover; article from The Globe and Traveller, London, Saturday evening, November 17th;
(Page 7) Page 151 from The Athenaeum No. 1163;
(Pages 8 & 9) empty;
(Page 10) Copy of Sketch with track from ship to ship;
(Page 11) empty;
(Page 12) article Sir James Ross's Searching Expedition;
(Page 13) continuation of Page 12 account;
(Page 14) The Nautical Standard and Steam Navigation Gazette, Saturday November 17th 1849 'The Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin critically examined'; Steam Navigation Gazette, Nov 1849; (Page 15) empty;
(Page 16) The Nautical Standard and Steam Navigation Gazette, Saturday November 24th 1849 'The Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin further examined'; continuation of article in Nautical Standard; copy of letter in the Providence (Rhode Island) Journal from Lieut. W F Lynch of the United States Navy, November 17th , 1849; The Eider, 30th Nov 1849;
(Page 17) Sir John Franklin and Sir James Ross's Searching Expedition, printed letter to the editor of the Morning Herald, Nov 22nd 1849;
(Page 18) Printed 'Sir John Richardson's Official Report to the Secretary of the Admiralty';
(Page 19) continuation of report on previous page; The Athenaeum, Feb 9th 'Our Weekly Gossip'; Inserted printed letter from Captain WE Parry, Haslar Hospital, 11th February 1850 to Captain Hamilton, RN, Admiralty with sketch of sledge;
(Page 20) Printed ' The Arctic Expedition', sailing orders for Captain Collinson of HM Enterprise, 15th January 1850; printed 'The Artic Expedition' detail of proceedings of ships Herald & Plover by Captain Henry Kellett, November 22nd, 1849;
(Pages 21, 22 & 23) continuation of article on page 20;
(Page 24) 'The Arctic Expedition' printed communications addressed by Commander Moore to the Admiralty;
(Page 25) continuation of previous article with copies of letters between Captain Henry Kellett and Lieutenant WJL Pullen;
(Page 26) printed journal of Lieutenant Pullen's proceedings forwarded to Commander Moore, Aug 4th to 22nd;
(Page 27) continuation of previous article; article in 'The Sun', October 26th, 1854, 'The Fate of the Franklin Expedition,' correspondence of Dr King with the colonial and admiralty boards;
Page 28) The Times, Monday November 1st 1847, 'Successful Result of the Hudson's Bay Company's Artic Expedition';
(Page 29) continuation of article on previous page;
(Page 30) continuation of article on previous page; ' Hall's Arctic Journey', Standard, October 14th1869;
(Page 31) Printed notice 'Three thousand pounds' offered by Lady Franklin; inserted '£20,00 Reward' poster, Admiralty March 7th, 1850; pasted on back '£20,00 Sterling (100,0000 Dollars) Reward' poster, London March 23rd, 1849; inserted printed copy of command from the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral to Mr William Penny, ship 'Lady Franklin'; printed letter from Admiralty, April 10th, 1850 from the Admiralty, WAB Hamilton to Captain Penny; printed letter from the Admiralty, WAB Hamilton , April 10th , 1850 to Mr James Saunders, master commanding HM North Star; inserted article in 'The Nautical Standard, Saturday , May 4th, 1850, 'The several Arctic expeditions in search for Sir J Franklin';
(Page 32) continuaton of article inserted from the Nautical Standard; The Morning Herald, Wednesday, October 23rd 1850, 'Search for Sir John Franklin Commander Pullen's Boat Expedition' copy of letter from Lieutenant WH Hooper, June 27th 1850, to his father;
(Page 33) continuation of letter; insert from The Nautical Standard, page 279 article about the arctic expeditions which continues overleaf on page 280;
(Page 34) Captain Austin's Arctic expedition, July 1st 1850 article; Printed dispatches from Captain Sir John Ross and Captains Penny and Ommanney, dates from August 17th to 22nd ;
(Page 35) continuation with dispatches from John Ross, C. Gervans Phillips, Adam Beek;
(Page 36) continuation of printed dispatch from John Ross to Hudson's Bay Company; printed letter to the editor of the Morning Herald, Oct 21st 1850; article 'Return of the Store ship, North Star, from the polar seas', Sept 28th; inserted 'The Arctic Expeditions - Traces of Sir John Franklin. Return of the 'North Star' and 'Prince Albert''. Captain Austin's expedition, Captain Penny's expedition, Captain Sir John Ross's private expedition, Captain Forsyth's despatches;
(Page 37) printed letter to the editor of the Morning Herald from WP Snow, May 7th; article describing the examination of relics brought home by Captain Penny, Deptford, Sept 24th; printed sketch of Esquimaux girl; printed sketches of mirage in Melville Bay, July 28th 1850, mirage in Melvill Bay , August 4th 1850, Parhelia, October 4th 1850; printed sketch of Cairn left by North Star and four graves in Wolstenholme Sound; printed sketch of Esquimaux woman; inserted map of Arctic America, Discoveries of the Searching Expeditions of Captain HT Austin and Captain Penny, 23rd September 1851 with pencilled additions; inserted page from Morning Herald, September 12th 1851, 'The Arctic Searching Expeditions, Return of Captain Penny to England,with dispatches from Captain Austin;
(Page 38) United Service Gazette, Saturday October 5th 1850, 'Traces of Sir John Franklin's Expedition'; printed sketch of Esquimaux youth; Tuesday October 1st 1850, 'The Arctic Expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin', Captain Austin's expedition reported by Captain Ommanney; Captain Penny’s expedition; Captain Sir John Ross’s private expedition;
(Page 39) continuation of Captain Sir John Ross’s private expedition; The Times, Saturday , October 12th 1850, The Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin
(Page 40) printed account October 29th 1850, Sir John Ross’s Carrier-Pigeons; printed log, Voyage of the ‘Prince Albert’ to the Arctic Regions;
(Page 41) continuation of log; Captain Collinson’s expedition; The traces of Franklin’s Expedition;
(Page 42) Printed accounts of despatches from Captain Collinson, Robert M’Clure; The Arctic Voyage of the ‘Prince Albert’ in search of Sir John Franklin; The Times, Wednesday October 16th 1850, The Arctic Expeditions, printed copies of reports upon the relics brought home from Cape Riley from William Edward Parry, John Richardson, Andrew Clark, Peter Richards;
(Page 43) Printed copy of letter received from Commander Pullen in the search for Sir J Franklin; Morning Herald, Thursday September 25th 1851, Sir John Franklin’s expedition printed letters;
(Page 44) printed account of arrival of the ‘Lady Franklin’s ship; account from Mr Rae; The Nautical Standard and Steam Navigation Gazette, Saturday, September 27th, 1851, The Recent Arctic Expedition, and its results;
(Page 45) Morning Herald, Monday September 29th 1851, The Search for Franklin, copies of a statement and some letters; The Arctic Expeditions printed copy of letters from John Richardson Sept 30th 1851 and John Rae, October 8th, 13th and 31st 1850;
(Page 46) continuation of letter from John Rae and further printed letters from John Richardson, October 5th 1851, and John Rae, April 18th 1851;
(Page 47) continuation of previous letter from John Rae and another, Morning Chronicle (?) April 21st; September 26th 1851;
(Page 48) contuation of previous article; The United States Arctic Expedition, copy of letter taken from the New York Tribune written by EK Kane, PA Surgeon, US Navy; To the Editor of the Evening Mail printed letter from Borealis; Woolwich, Oct 6th, account of arrival of the Resolute, the Assistance and the Intrepid; Passing through an Iceberg, Extract from a journal kept by a seaman who served in the Arctic Expedition of 1850-1851;
(Page 49) The Arctic Searching Expeditions, printed letters from Horatio T Austin, William Penny; Captain Austin’s Arctic Expedition, printed copy of letter from the Admiralty; October 4th – Monday, The Arctic Searching Expeditions, correction of Sir John Ross’s comments; printed review of proceedings of the Arctic expeditions;
(Page 50) continuation of previous article; Woolwich, October 10th, article containing letter from Henry Eden; illustrations ‘Going out to Dinner’ and ‘Sandstone rock in Winter Harbour, Melville Island’;
(Page 51) The Illustrated London News, November 29th 1851, ‘Sketches from Captain Austin’s Arctic Expedition’, ‘Captain Austin addressing an exploring party’ and ‘ Winter quarters of Sir John Franklin’;
(between pages 51 and 52) calotype photographic print of the three graves on Beechey Island, showing the original headstones, with white engraving on black background;
(Page 52) The Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday June 18th 1851, Farther Traces of Sir John Franklin’s Expedition; The Morning Herald, Tuesday September 9th, Arctic Searching Expedition – Traces of Sir John Franklin, printed letter from John Parker; ‘Mem. for Captain Parker of the Truelove from EK Kane, Surgeon to the Expedition, United States Navy;
(Page 53) The Athenaeum, September 20th 1851, The Arctic Searching Expeditions;
(Page 54) inserted The Illustrated London News, October 4th 1851, Traces of the Franklin Expedition, ‘Meat cans and sacks, left by the ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’ at Cape Riley’, ‘Rope mat unfinished’, ‘The smith’s anvil block’, ‘ The three graves at Cape Riley, Beechy Island’, ‘Direction post set up by the missing navigators’, ‘Canvas from the ‘Terror’’; continuation of article on page 53; To the Editor of the Evening Mail, Monday October 6th, letter from A Captain, RN; Arctic Expedition, To the Editor of the Times, October 9th, letter from WF; ‘Search for Sir John Franklin, Glocester, Friday Evening’, account of balloon found; ‘Sir John Franklin’, further discussion of balloon found; The Athenaeum, October 4th 1851, ‘The Arctic Searching Expeditions’;
(Page 55) Monday October 6th, ‘The Arctic Expeditions’, printed copy of Captain Austin’s report and letters from J H Pelly and John Ross; To the Editor of the Times, letter from William Penny;
(Page 56) The Search for Sir John Franklin, letter to the editor of the Oxford Journal, October 15th 1851; account on the Lady Franklin and Sophia; Woolwich, October 8th, account of the Resolute and the Assistance taken into dock; account of the Pioneer screw steam vessel; account of the Pioneer and Intrepid; The United States’ Arctic Expedition, copy of letter from the New York Tribune from EK Kane;
(Page 57) The Arctic Expeditions, letter to the editor of the Times, October 15th, from G; Search for Sir J Franklin, To the editor of the Times a letter from A Barclay with a letter from John Rae , Hudson’s Bay House, November 19th;
(Page 58) continuation of letter from John Rae; Distances travelled; To the Editor of the Morning Herald, a letter from N, November 19th; The Proposed Further Search for Sir John Franklin, account of first meeting of the Royal Geographical Society including a plan by Lieut. Pim to rescue Sir John Franklin;
(Page 59) continuation of previous account; inserted article – page 619 discussing the subject of preserved meats being unfit for human food and may have been some of the stock provided to Sir John Franklin; Report of the Arctic Committee, printed, to consider the reports of Captains Austin and Penny;
(Page 60) continuation of the previous report; The Daily News, London , Tuesday December 9th;
(Page 61) continuation of the previous article; The Arctic Search, letter to the editor of the Morning Chronicle, from JRL, December 18th; The Recent Arctic Expeditions, From the New York Herald of the Union; Sir John Franklin, To the Editor of the Times, copy of deposition of Captain Martin;
(Page 62) Sir John Franklin’s Expedition and Lieutenant Pim, To the Editor of the Times letters from Roderick L Murchison and A Captain, RN; To the Health of the Navy, To the Editor of the Times a letter from A Physician; Provisions for the Navy, To the Editor of the Times
(Page 63) continuation of previous letter from An Officer; Naval Intelligence, Portsmouth January 12th; To the Arctic Expedition, To the Editor of the Times, a letter from T Chisholm Anstey; The Times, Tuesday , January 13th 1852, Royal Geographical Society , an account of meeting including letters from Brunow and Donald Beatson;
(Page 64) continuation of previous account; The Times, Saturday January 17th 1852, The Arctic Expeditions, despatches from Thos. Moore; account of offer from M Bellot of the French Navy;
(Page 65) The Arctic Expedition, March 1852 (?), The Times (?),copy of the sailing orders given to Sir Edward Belcher; The Times, April 22nd 1852, The Arctic Expedition, account of the Captain Sir Edward Belcher’s expedition;
(Page 66) Sir John Franklin, Official Documents, copies of letters from James M Share, Lewis T Jones, A Stafford, Henry C Hawkins, Montague Pasco, George Cleugh;
(Page 67) Confidential No. 66, printed letters from Eras Ommanney, John Jervis Palmer, IC, A Ellice, P Chown; The Times, Thursday April 22nd 1852, The Erebus and Terror, printed report received by the Admiralty;
(Page 68) continuation of the report by Erasmus Ommanney, Captain RN, Letter to the Editor of the Times from E Landells including copy of letter from Robert Simpson;
(Page 69) continuation of the letter; The Times, Saturday , April 24th 1852; The Times, Thursday June 3rd 1852, The Search for Sir John Franklin, includes copy of letter from Captain R Kerr
(Page 70) continuation of Robert Kerr’s letter and letters from HU Addington, Clinton G Dawkins, Edward Coward, William Lambden, James Figgis;
(Page 71) continuation of previous article with letters from Geo A Halsted, Herman Merivale, J Gaspard Le Marchant, W Thomas, A Jones, JW Dunnet, John S Lynch, Fred C Herbert;
(Page 72) continuation of previous article with letters from John S Lynch and Edward Boxer; account of correspondence with information about two ships seen in April 1851; Handwritten note at bottom of page about the Iberia;
(Page 73) continuation of previous printed article; New York Daily Times, April 19th 1853(?), Dr Kane and the Grinnell Expedition
(Page 74) The Times, Thursday August 26th 1852, Arctic Expeditions;
(Page 75) continuation of previous article; July 1853(?) account about ‘glass balls’;
(Page 76) The Arctic Expedition, The Times (?), October 17th 1852(?), From our own correspondent, Aberdeen, Thursday evening, letters from Edward Belcher and Henry Kellett;
(Page 77 )continuation of previous article with letters from S Osborn, Edward Belcher, John P Cheyne, R Vesey Hamilton,WJS Pullen
(Page 78) continuation of previous article with letters from Henry Kellett, William Kennedy, WJS Pullen; The Arctic Expedition, despatches from the Admiralty, September 15th 1852;
(Page 79) continuation of previous article with despatches from EA Inglefield, WJJ Pullen; inserted map showing Discoveries in the Arctic Sea, 1851; inserted map showing Discoveries in the Arctic Sea 1852, with pencilled amendments; inserted Chart shewing the North West Passage, discovered by HM Ship Investigator also the coast explored in search of Sir J Franklin, by E A Inglefield, HMS Phoenix, Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 11th October 1853;
(Page 80) Arctic Expedition- Return of Commander Inglefield, printed communication from the Board of Admiralty; The Times, Saturday October 8th 1853, account of the Investigator; The Morning Post, Saturday October 8th 1853, The Arctic Expedition, Discovery of the North West Passage, despatches from E A Inglefield, A G Creswell, Robert M'Clure, Henry Killett, WJS Pullen; The Times, Monday October 10th 1853, The North West Passage;
(Page 81) continuation of previous article; The Arctic Expeditions, To the Editor of the Times, October 18th, printed extract from a letter from an officer on the Investigator, To the Editor of the Times from ‘One of the Public’; Lieutenant Bellot, To the Editor of the Times, letters from Roderick J Murchison, H Robertson, Theodore Ducos; The North West Passage, despatches from Commander WJS Pullen and Captain Edward Belcher;
(Page 82) The Times, Friday October 21st, 1853, The North West Passage, Captain M’Clure’s despatches;
(Page 83) continuation of Captain M’Clure’s despatches
(Page 84) continuation of Captain M’Clure’s despatches
(Page 85) continuation of Captain M’Clure’s despatches
(Page 86) continuation of Captain M’Clure’s despatches
(Page 87) continuation of Captain M’Clure’s despatches
(Page 88) continuation of Captain M’Clure’s despatches; printed account mentioning bottles found; Table showing mean height of barometer and the temperatures on board the Investigator from August 1850 to March 1853 from Robert M’Clure; The Athenaeum, October 22nd 1853, On the Geography of the Arctic Regions;
(Page 89) continuation of previous article by Augustus Petermann; The Times, Thursday, Lady Franklin’s Exploring Expedition; inserted Morning Herald, November 1st 1853, Discovery of the North West Passage, Testimonial to Lieut. Samuel Gurney Cresswell, RN, from the Lynn Advertiser;
(Page 90) inserted l’illustration de la Jeunesse, late 19th century French publication, Le Lieutenant Bellot; Captain Inglefield’s Misrepresentations and Captain M’Clure’s Duty, to the Editor of the Morning Herald, October 31st 1853; Bellot Testimonial – A Public Meeting, notice for meeting to be held on 4th November at Willis’s Rooms, King Street, St. James ; Account of same meeting
(Page 91) continuation of account of meeting
(Page 92) continuation of account of meeting; The North West Passage, To the Editor of the Times, letter from William Edward Parry, Rear Admiral, with account from Lieutenant Cresswell from when he left the Investigator till he arrived in England; The Times, 10th November 1853(?), copy of article in the San Francisco Advertiser with intelligence from the Arctic Seas;
(Page 93) continuation of article on previous page; The Times 19th November 1853(?) Discussion of ‘A New Arctic Expedition’; The Search for Franklin, To the Editor of the Times letters from Augustus Petermann, November 21st, and Captain E A Inglefield, London November 20th;
(Page 94) The Times, 25th November 1853(?) , discussion of letters from Petermann and Inglefield on previous page; Relics of the Franklin Expedition, copy of extract from the Newfoundland Commercial Journal
(Page 95) Illustrations from The Illustrated London News, ‘The Investigator passing Princess Royal Islands, in Prince of Wales Strait’; ‘Critical Position of the Investigator at Ballast Beach, Baring Island’; inserted Eskimaux chart No.2, The shaded parts drawn by Iligliuk at Winter Island, 1822, copy of original in possession of Captn Parry;
(Page 96) Illustration of ‘North- West Searching Expedition for Sir John Franklin, Sir John Ross’ Yacht ‘Felix’ at Anchor in Loch Ryan’; Illustration of ‘The Investigator nearing Mercy Bay, Baring Island’;
(Page 97) printed ‘Outline of the Discoveries made by the respective searching parties from the Arctic expedition under the command of Captain Penny’; The North West Passage, To the Editor of the Times letter from A Armstrong, Director General, Medical Department of the Navy, London October 30th 1873(?); To the Editor of the Times a letter from Alexander G Mackenzie asserting that his father discovered the North West Passage, October 30th 1873(?); The North West Passage, To the Editor of the Times a letter from Morris Beaufort, Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, November 1st asserting the discovery by Sir John Franklin; The North West Passage To the Editor of the Times a letter from John Philip Gell, St John’s Vicarage, Notting Hill, November 2nd, asserting the discovery by Sir John Franklin;
(Page 98) Illustration ‘Western Division of Sledges’; Illustration ‘Track Chart, Showing the Explorations and Discoveries made by the Searching Parties from’ ; The Discoverer of the North West Passage, To the Editor of the Times a letter from Bedford Pim, Temple and a letter from Alexander Armstrong, November 4th; The North West Passage, To the Editor of the Times a letter from Bedford Pim, 2, Crown Office Row, Temple, EC, November 7th; The North West Passage, To the Editor of the Times a letter from F L M’Clintock, Rear Admiral, Portsmouth Dockyard, November 13th;
(Page 99) Illustration of ‘Lieut. Couch (Mate) and Lieut. Fairholm’; Illustration of ‘CH Osmer (Purser) and Lieut. Des Voeux (Mate); ‘Standard’, December 16th 1886 (?), account from Admiral Sir F Leopold M’Clintock about the death of John Salmon;
(Page 100) Illustrations of ‘Portraits of Captain Sir John Franklin and his crew’ including Captain Crozier (‘Terror’), Captain Sir John Franklin, KHC, Commander Fitzjames (Captain – ‘Erebus’), Lieut. Graham Gore (Commander), S Stanley (Surgeon), Lieut. HTD Le Vesconte, Lieut. RO Sargent (Mate), James Read (Ice-master), HDS Goodsir (Assistant Surgeon), HF Collins (2nd Master) |