Hawks, correspondence

Archive Unit

Scope and Content

  • MS 248/421;D Letter to Henry Grinnell, 23 January 1860 [Regarding narrative of British Franklin Search Expedition, 1857-1859 led by McClintock] holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to the British Franklin Search Expedition, 1857-1859 (leader Francis Leopold McClintock) which brought back the first written record from the missing British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848 (leader Sir John Franklin)

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

The Institute hold archival collections containing material relating to the British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848 (leader Sir John Franklin) and the subsequent search expeditions sent out including the British Franklin Search expedition, 1857-1859 (leader Francis Leopold McClintock) and for Henry Grinnell