| RefNo | MS/257/1/154 |
| AltRefNo | Sa.154 |
| Previous numbers | ES1/23/154 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Robert Grymbald Bigsby, 4 Bedford Street to James Clark Ross |
| Date | 7 September 1839 |
| Description | Bigsby recently sent Ross a poem entitled ‘The Polar Seas’ in which he mentions Ross. Bigsby intends to write a short poem a companion to the ‘Triumph of Drake [or the Dawn of England’s Naval Power, a Poem]’ regarding Ross’s ‘triumphant return from the South Pole’. If Sabine finds a number of islands, Bigsby asks Ross not to follow the example of the navigator who forgetting the names of his friends named the places he discovered after ‘a favourite dog’. Bigsby ‘modestly’ suggests using his name for such a purpose and would like to be ‘immortalised’ in this way. Bigsby requests Ross to send him a lock of his hair ‘for a ring attached to an order’ Bigsby wears. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1515 | Bigsby; Robert (1806 - 1873) | 1806 - 1873 |
| NA7948 | Ross; Sir; James Clark (1800 - 1862); polar explorer | 1800 - 1862 |