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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/10/1/2
Former ReferenceD3311/88/1
TitleScrapbook relating to search expeditions looking for Sir John Franklin
Date1853-1880
DescriptionPage 101 - Print of Memorial Pillar on Beechey Island, in memory of lost officers, erected by John Barrow, 1854; Handwritten prayer beseeching safety of sailors; Copied extract from Lieutenant Daniel Bryant’s letter, Erebus, 25th June 1845
Page 102 - Cutting from The Athenaeum No. 1226, October 15, 1853 on The Arctic Expeditions
Page 103 - Cutting from The Times, Thursday, December 8, 1853 on Arctic Discovery: To the Editor of the Times
Page 104 - Continuation from page 103, as well as cutting from The Times, Friday, December 9, 1853 on Arctic Discovery and the Whale Fisheries: To the Editor of the Times
Pages 105-107 - Continuation from page 104, as well as cutting from The Times, Saturday, December 17, 1853 on The Arctic Expeditions
Page 108 - Map of The Arctic Shores of America and Part of Asia; Shewing the Tracks & Discoveries of H.M.S. Hecla & Griper, from Baffin Bay to Melville Island, Commanded by Sir Edward Parry 1819 & 20 & of H.M.S Investigator, from Behring Strait to Mercy Bay, Commanded by Captain M'Clure, 1850, 51, 52 & 53: Completing the Discovery of the North West Passage. also the Coasts Discovered or Examined by the Officers of the Expeditions sent in Search of Sir John Frankli; Drawn from Official Documents by John Arrowsmith, 10, Soho Square. Cutting from The Times concerning opposition to polar rescue ventures
Page 109 - Continuation of cutting from page 108
Pages 110-118 - Cutting from The Times, January 7, 1854 on The Arctic Expedition
Page 119 - Cutting from The Morning Chronicle, Tuesday, February 7, 1854 on Kane’s Arctic Expedition
Pages 120-122 - Cutting from The Athenaeum No. 1360, November 19, 1853 concerning The Arctic Regions; Cutting from The Morning Chronicle, Saturday, February 25, 1854 on The Franklin Expedition
Page 123 - Cutting from The Times, April 5, 1852 on The Arctic Expedition; Cutting from The Times, Friday, April 14, 1854 on Arctic Expedition
Page 124 - Continuation from page 123 and cutting from The Times, September 15, 1854 concerning Franklin
Page 125 - Cutting concerning The Arctic Expedition
Page 126 - Cutting from The Morning Post, September 25, 1854 on Fate of John Franklin
Page 127 - Continuation from 126 and cutting from The Times, October 23, 1854 on The Arctic Expedition
Page 128 - Map showing Fate of John Franklin’s Party, Published January 1st, 1848, by John Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square, London. Continuation from page 127
Pages 129-140 - Cutting from The Times, October 18, 1854 on The Late Arctic Expedition
Page 141 - Cutting from newspaper dated October, 1854, concerning Probable Fate of Sir John Franklin’s Party
Pages 142-143 - Continuation of 141 and cutting from The Sun, Monday, October 23, 1854 on Fate of Sir J. Franklin
Page 144 - Continuation from page 143; Cutting from The Morning Chronicle concerning The Arctic Search; Cutting from The Times, October 24, 1854 concerning the fate of John Franklin
Page 145 - Continuation from page 144
Pages 146-147 - Cutting from The Sun, Tuesday Evening, October 24, 1854 on The Fate of Franklin: Another Ship and Her Crew in Danger
Pages 148 - Cutting from The Sun, Thursday Evening, October 26, 1854 concerning the fate of the Franklin party
Page 149 - Continuation from page 148 and cutting from The Times, Wednesday, November 8, 1854
Page 150 - Continuation from page 149 and cutting from The Times, November 8, 1854 concerning the fate of the Franklin party
Pages 151-154 - Cutting from a newspaper dated October 26, 1854 concerning Arctic Search
Pages 155-156 - Continuation from page 154 and cutting from The Sun, Friday Evening, October 27, 1854 on The Fate of the Franklin Expedition; Newspaper cutting concerning Polar Sea Expeditions and Polar Land Journeys
Paged 157 - Continuation from page 156; cutting from The Weekly Dispatch, October 29, 1854 concerning the fate of the Franklin party
Page 158 - Continuation from page 157; cutting from The Times on Dr. Rae’s Reports on the Arctic Expedition
Page 159 - Continuation from page 158; cutting from a newspaper on Sir John Franklin’s Fate
Page 160 - Continuation from page 159; cutting from The Times, October 29, 1854 on Fate of the Arctic Expedition
Pages 161-162 - Continuation from page 160; Cutting from newspaper on Franklin’s Fate; Cutting from The Times, November 2, 1854 on The American Arctic Expedition
Page 163 - Cutting from The Times, Wednesday, January 9, 1856 on Sir John Franklin’s Expedition
Pages 164-165 - Continuation from page 163; cutting from newspaper concerning The Last Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin
Page 166 - Continuation from 165; cutting from The Colonist, Georgetown, February 25, 1856 on The Fate of Sir John Franklin
Page 167 - Handwritten letter of extracts concerning the finding of John Franklin’s dead party
Page 168 - Handwritten extract from Dr. Rae’s letter, 13, Salisbury Street, Strand, February 12, 1853 concerning the ‘Esquimaux’
Pages 169-171 - Cutting of newspaper dated February 18, 1856, concerning The American Exploration of the Arctic Regions
Pages 172-176 - Cutting from The American Home Journal, February 21, 1857 on A Biographical Fairy Poem alluding to John Franklin and Lady Franklin
Page 177 - Cutting from The Times, October 26, 1855 on Dr Kane’s Arctic Expedition
Pages 178-179 - Handwritten copy of letter to The Times, June 23, 1855 on The Arctic Expeditions by John Rae
Pages 180-181 - Cutting from The Lincolnshire Times, October 7, 1856 on Proposed Monument to Sir John Franklin: Public Meeting at Spilsby
Pages 182-186- Print of The Yacht “Fox” Wintering in the Pack, unknown artist or printer; Cutting from newspaper concerning Fate of Sir John Franklin’s Expedition; Cutting from newspaper concerning an extract from a reply by Captain M’Clintock to some queries about Sir John Franklin’s Expedition; Print from The Illustrated London News, October 15, 185… on The Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin
Pages 187-188 - Handwritten copy of notes left by officers of Erebus and Terror; Cutting from The Illustrated London News, October 15, 1859 on Relics of the Franklin Expedition
Cutting from The Illustrated London News, October 1, 1859 on Facsimile of Record of the Franklin Expedition Found by Lieutenant Hobson a Few Miles South of Point Victory, King William’s Island; Second facsimile, same date; Cutting from The Times, September 23, 1859 concerning Franklin’s expedition
Page 189 - Cutting from the Evening Mail, September 25, 1859 on The Search for Sir John Franklin; Letter for Mr. Gell in answer to an enquiry about the Erebus and Terror
Page 190 - Print of The Yacht Fox, Arctic Discovery-Vessel, Captain F. L. McClintock, R. N., Commander with accompanying article
Page 191 - Blank
Page 192 - Cutting from The Times, Tuesday, October 5, 1880 on The Franklin Relics
Pages 193-194- Blank
Page 195 - Leaf brought home by Dr. Rae and now in Greenwich Hospital; Cutting from The Times, Thursday, April 29, 1852 on the failure of The Patagonian Mission; Map of The Arctic Shores of America and Part of Asia; Shewing the Tracks & Discoveries of H.M.S. Hecla & Griper, from Baffin Bay to Melville Island, Commanded by Sir Edward Parry 1819 & 20. & of H.M.S Investigator, from Behring Strait to Mercy Bay, commanded by Captain M'Clure, 1850, 51, 52 & 53, completing the Discovery of the North West Passage. also the Coasts Discovered or Examined by the Officers of the Expeditions sent in Search of Sir John Franklin, drawn from Official Documents by John Arrowsmith, 10, Soho Square; Map of Sir John Franklin’s Arctic Discoveries Between Baffin Bay and Cape Bathurst, Combined with those of Sir Edward Parry in 1819, and the Several Searching Expeditions, Concluding with that of Sir Francis L. McClintock in 1859, Constructed by John Arrowsmith
Pages 196-198 - Newspaper cutting on The Patagonian Mission
Page 199 - Newspaper cutting, dated October 28, 1854, on The Fate of Sir John Franklin
Page 200 - Cutting from The Athenaeum on Sir John Franklin; Print of the Relics of the Franklin Expedition – Crests on Articles of Plate Brought by Dr. Rae; Handwritten list of dates and events in life of Sir John Franklin; Prints of Sir John Franklin and Dr. Rae
Page 201 - Cuttings from The Illustrated London News on Illustrations of the Franklin Expedition and The Arctic Explorers. – Testimonial to Dr. Armstrong
Page 202 - Prints of Captain Inglefield of H.M.S. Phoenix and Lieutenant Bellot
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermInuit
Ethnic groups
Arctic exploration
Ships
Seagoing vessels

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M'Clure; Sir; Robert John Le Mesurier (1807-1873); naval officer and explorer
HMS Erebus; 1826-1848; Royal Navy ship
HMS Terror; 1813-1848; Royal Navy ship
HMS Investigator; 1848-1853; Royal Navy ship
Fox; 1854-1912; ship
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