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Commissions and correspondence [textual record]

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Date:

[ca. 1818-1842].

Reference:

MG24-H5

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

122027

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Sir John Ross fonds

Commissions and correspondence
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Date(s):

[ca. 1818-1842].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.6 cm of textual records (32 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of a Commission to John Ross to undertake Arctic exploration with the ship Isabella, 1818; a letter from Ross to Sir Thomas Byam Martin, 1829, describing the ship Victory and the route of his Arctic voyage; and private correspondence including notes from Sir John Barrow, 1829, 1842, n.d. Received in 1948 and 1975.

The series also contains a letter from Sir John Barrow discussing the decrease in pilots on His Majesty's ships, 1815. In addition, there is a letter to Captain Ross from John Pigott requesting assistance to develop his invention for navigating ships by the power developed in waves, 1833. Received in 1957. Finally, there is a letter from Basil Hall concerning John Jacksonse, an Esquimo, [1818]. Received in 1974.

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General note:

Material was received in 1948, 1974, and 1975.___

Location of originals note:

Original letter from Sir John Barrow in the possession of Frank Eames, Gananoque, Ontario.

Dates of creation note:

Letter from Sir John Barrow copied in 1951 from originals.

Source:

Private

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MG24-H5
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