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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FLJ/2/5
Former Reference	D3311/112/5
Title	Printed copy of letter addressed by Lady Franklin to the Admiralty concerning the possibility of an expedition being sent by the Bering Strait
Date	11 Jul 1856
Description	Written 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
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Jane Griffin later Lady Franklin (1791-1875)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Arctic exploration