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RefNoMC/4/298
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Jane Franklin, 21 Bedford Place, to the Earl of Rosse, [President of the Royal Society]
Date15 November 1849
DescriptionSuggests, on the advice of Sir John Richardson, that Lord Rosse should endeavour to persuade the Royal Society Council to recommend the Admiralty to launch the search for the missing Arctic Expedition [from which her husband, Sir John Franklin, never returned.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/4/304
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7486Franklin; Sir; John (1786 - 1847)1786 - 1847
NA8084Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse1800 - 1867
NA5665Richardson; Sir; John (1787 - 1865)1787 - 1865
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