Franklin, Sir John, (1786-1847), Arctic explorer

Date:
1811-1857
  • Manuscripts

About this work

Description

Correspondence formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence relating to Sir John Franklin, his first wife the poetess Eleanor Franklin n?e Porden (1797?-1825) and his second wife Jane, Lady Franklin, n?e Griffin (1792-1875), organiser of attempts to locate the disappeared final Franklin expedition.

Publication/Creation

1811-1857

Physical description

21 items

Related material

At Wellcome Collection:Other letters, which relate to Franklin's period as Governor of Tasmania, were formerly held with this material but extracted in 1989, as a result of the National Library of Australia's Australian Joint Copying Project: these letters are now catalogued as MS.7831.

Creator/production credits

Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847.

Language note

In English.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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    MS.7402

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