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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) |
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
Term | Arctic exploration |
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