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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/7/7
Former ReferenceD3311/213
TitlePrinted copy of correspondence, instructions and reports, relating to the Arctic Expeditions
Date1850
DescriptionComprising letter of the Admiralty to the Hudson's Bay Company, 25 Jan 1850, instructions to Lieutenant Pullen, 25 Jan 1850, letter from John Richardson to the Admiralty, 22 Jan 1850, reports from Captain Kellett of H.M.S. Herald and Commander Moore of H.M.S. Plover on their proceedings in search of Sir John Franklin by the Bering's Straits, from 19 May to 22 Nov 1849, and letter from the Hudson's Bay Company, 31 Jan 1850, with Admiralty reply, 4 Feb 1850.
39 pages.
Extent1 file
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermArctic exploration
Arctic regions
Parliamentary papers
Naval personnel
Navy officers
Sailors

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Kellett; Sir; Henry (1806-1875); naval officer
Pullen; William John Samuel (1813-1887); naval officer
Moore; Thomas Edward Laws (c.1820-1872); naval officer and polar explorer
Richardson; Sir; John (1787-1865); physician, naturalist and Arctic explorer
Franklin; Sir; John (1786-1847); naval officer and Arctic explorer
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