Hawks, correspondence

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Francis Hawks / Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1860
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Letter

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