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Arctic expeditions [textual records (microform)]

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Series

Date:

1824-1866

Reference:

MG20-E15

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103662

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Hudson's Bay Company Archives

Section E - Private Manuscripts

Arctic expeditions
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Series includes:

13 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1824-1866

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 reel(s)

Language of material:

English

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These papers of Arctic expeditions consist of such items as correspondence, accounts, servants' contracts and related papers for the following expeditions: Captain John Franklin's second Arctic expedition; Captain G. Back's first Arctic expedition; Dr. John Rae's first Arctic expedition; Franklin's search expeditions; Sir John Richardson's and Dr. John Rae's Arctic expedition; Lieutenant Pullen's first Arctic expedition; Sir John Ross' third expedition in the Felix and Mary; Dr. John Rae's second Arctic expedition; Dr. John Rae's third Arctic expedition; James Anderson's and J.G. Stewart's Arctic expedition; Canadian Government expeditions; and Dr. John Rae's telegraph survey.

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Hudson's Bay Company

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Textual records (Paper) MSS0065 (90: Open)

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General note:

See also the papers of Dr. John Rae, MG 24 II 35, and of James Anderson, MG 19 A 29 for other papers relating to Arctic expeditions led by these men.

Location of originals note:

Originals with the Hudson's Bay Company Archives, Winnipeg, Man.
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Arctic regions - Discovery and exploration, 1824-1866 Captain John Franklin, 1824-1828

Arctic regions - Research, 1824-1866 Sir George Back, 1832-1835

Explorers - Arctic regions, 1824-1866 John Rae, 1844-1847

Sir John Franklin - Correspondence, 1824-1828 Governor George Simpson, 1844-1847

Sir John Ross - Oratory, [between 1837 and 1851] Lady Jane Franklin, [between 1848 and 1854]

John Rae - Diaries, 1851 Sir John Richardson, 1847-1850

Indians of North America, 1853-1854 Lieutenant Pullen, 1850-1852

Hunting - Arctic regions, 1853-1854 Hudson's Bay Company. Montreal Department, 1855-1856

Fishing - Arctic regions, 1853-1854 James Anderson, 1855-1856

Telegraph - Rupert's Land, 1864 J.G. Stewart, 1855-1856

Telegraph - British Columbia, 1864 John Palliser, 1858-1860
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Private

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MG20-E15
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Textual records

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Finding aid box [FA 65] 7--11

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel

[Consultation 90 Open]

HBC 4M21--HBC 4M24;

[Consultation 90 Open]

HBC ADD M2;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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