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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/7/15
Former ReferenceD3311/215/1-2
TitlePrinted copies (2) of letter addressed by Lady Franklin to the Admiralty, dated 24 Feb 1854, in reference to its announcement in the London Gazette of 20 Jan 1854 respecting the officers and crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror
Date24 Mar 1854
DescriptionIncluding notice of announcement that the names of 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: 12 pages.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermAdmiralty
Parliamentary papers
Arctic exploration
Arctic regions

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Franklin; Lady; Jane (1791-1875); second wife of Sir John Franklin, campaigner and traveller
HMS Erebus; 1826-1848; Royal Navy ship
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