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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/7/14
Former ReferenceD3311/112/4
TitlePrinted copy of letter addressed by Lady Franklin to the Admiralty in reference to its announcement concerning the officers and crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror
Date24 Mar 1854
DescriptionIncluding notice of announcement that the the officers and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror were to be considered as having died in Her Majesty's service, if no intelligence was received that they were still alive before 31st March 1854.
Ordered to be printed by the House of Commons, 24 Mar 1854; copy given to Mrs Kay with regards of Lady Franklin, 30 Mar 1854
Extent12 pages
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermArctic exploration

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Franklin; Lady; Jane (1791-1875); second wife of Sir John Franklin, campaigner and traveller
Kay; Sarah Henrietta (1785-1859); wife of architect Joseph Kay
HMS Erebus; 1826-1848; Royal Navy ship
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