- MS 799/1-2;D Letter to Mrs Bompas, 26 February 1889 [Including notes on An Arctic boat journey in the autumn of 1854 by Isaac Hayes] 2 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 1001;D Letter to Messrs Croskey & Co. 14 December 1860 [Account of visit to Faeroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland in HMS Bulldog in connection with North Atlantic Telegraph route] 3 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 248/459/1;D Letter to Great Britain Admiralty, 29 July 1854 [Eskimos' account of fate of Sir John Franklin] 2 leaves, holograph
- MS 248/459/2;D Letter to Sophia Cracroft, 17 August 1865 [Regarding Sir John Franklin, John Richardson and Jane, Lady Franklin] holograph
- MS 356/80;D Letter to the editor, Daily Telegraph, 10 November 1876 [Regarding the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876] 3 leaves, holograph
- MS 805/1;D Letter to Sir Alexander Galt, 21 January 1881 [Compares navigation seasons on the Great Lakes with that of Hudson Bay route] 3 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 790/1-2;D Letters (2) to Professor Archibald Geikie, 19 and 23 October 1877 [Regarding raised beaches in the Orkney Islands] 4 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 803/1-4;D Letters (4) to Jessie Hamilton (niece), 27 February 1866 to 2 January [1892] [Family news] 12 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 1096;D Letter to S Hodges, 2 March 1871 [Invitation to dinner] holograph
- MS 874/1-5;D Letters (5) to the Hydrographer, 1850 to 1856 [Mainly regarding Franklin search] 15 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 805/8;D Letter to Sir Curtis Lampson, 6 March 18? [Urges use of two sorts of boats between Lake Superior and Red River] 2 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 248/459/3;D Letter to Benjamin Leigh Smith, 2 February 1878 [Regarding fate of Sir John Franklin]
- MS 301/25;D Letter to Benjamin Leigh Smith, 10 April 1877 [Reference to Sir Allen Young] autograph
- MS 805/2-7;D Letters (6) to Sir John Macdonald, 23 October 1884 to 28 November 1885 [Regarding invitations] 10 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 828;D Letter to R H Major, 30 June 1875 [Regarding discovery claims] 3 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 909/1-6;D Letters (6) to Sir John Richardson, 1848-1850 [Regarding the British Overland Franklin Search Expedition, 1847-1849 (leader Sir John Richardson)] 26 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 805/9;D Letter to B Scarth, 25 November 1879 [Regarding Canadian mortgage investments] 2 leaves, holograph (Xerox)
- MS 787/4;D Letter (draft) to unknown person, 15 December 1877 [Regarding search for Sir John Franklin and cairn built by him in 1846-1847] 10 leaves, holograph
- MS 787/5;D Letter (draft) to unknown person, 14 October 1878 [Regarding scurvy on Arctic expeditions] 4 leaves, holograph
Rae, correspondence
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 John Rae / Correspondence
- Dates of Creation
- 1854-1892
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 37 letters
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The correspondence relates to the supposed fate of Sir John Franklin and the British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848, Arctic exploration in general and other matters
Arrangement
The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipient