Copies of letters to and from Sir John Franklin, Sir John Richardson, Robert McVicar and George Back, regarding exploration of northern Canada

Author/creator Franklin, John author.
Format Electronic
PublicationMarlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.exploration.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/GA_M-245
Subjects

Other author/creatorRichardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865 author.
Other author/creatorMcVicar, Robert, author.
Other author/creatorRoss, John, Sir, 1777-1856, author.
Other author/creatorAdam Matthew Digital (Firm) digitiser.
Summary Description: Letter to George Back, and George McVicar. McVicar was the Chief Trader working for the Hudson Bay Company and based at Fort Resolution. The letters are contain details of travel arrangements as well as planning for an expedition. They are friendly and ask after McVicar's wife and child. The Letter to George Beck discusses the capabilities of a fisherman. Final letter is from John Ross and discusses the necessity of sending an expedition to look for Franklin and crew if they do not return by January 1848. Nunavut and Northwest Territories 1818-1840.
General noteAMDigital Reference: M-245.
Original versionReproduction of: Copies of letters to and from Sir John Franklin, Sir John Richardson, Robert McVicar and George Back, regarding exploration of northern Canada 1818-1840.
Location of originalGlenbow Museum
Copyright noteGlenbow Museum
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018).

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