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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FJR - Records of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1861
    - 1 - Letters of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1850
      - 3 - Copies and extracts from letters and documents of SIr John Richardson - 1825-1849

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FJR/1/3/5
Former Reference	D3311/51/3
Title	Written copy of "Notice of the Expeditions of Discovery and Search now in the Arctic Seas"
Date	Apr 1849
Description	Recording summary of information on Franklin's expedition of 1845, and the three search expeditions sent out in 1848; a ship, the Plover, under the command of Captain Moore, travelling from the east via Behring Straits; a boat under Sir John Richardson, exploring coast between Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers; and two ships, the Enterpise and Investigator, under Sir James Ross and Captain Bird, via Lancaster Sound; the North Star storeship is to be dispatched to Davis Straits to communicate with Sir James Ross. Postcript added that Sir James had returned since note was written.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Sir John Richardson (1787-1865)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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