Letters by Franklin's second wife Jane, Lady Franklin
- Date:
- 1851-1857
- Reference:
- MS.7402/15-19
- Part of:
- Franklin, Sir John, (1786-1847), Arctic explorer
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
5 autograph letters, signed, by Franklin's second wife Jane, Lady Franklin. Correspondents include "My dear Admiral", mentioning a letter from the Arctic explorer Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) (no.18; the letter is endorsed, wrongly, as being to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison) and a Mr. Hepworth Dixon, probably the historian and traveller William Hepworth Dixon (1821-1879) (no.19).
Publication/Creation
1851-1857
Physical description
5 items
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.
Where to find it
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