Item 6 - Letter from Sir John Franklin to Capt. Washington

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AU TAS UTAS SPARC RS18-6

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Letter from Sir John Franklin to Capt. Washington

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  • 1838 (Creation)

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1 photostat of original owned by Royal Geographical Society

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(1786-1847)

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Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), rear admiral, Arctic explorer and lieutenant-governor, was born on 16 April 1786 at Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England, ninth of the twelve children of Willingham Franklin and his wife Hannah, née Weekes. Franklin served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1837 to 1843. He disappeared while on his last expedition, attempting to chart and navigate the Northwest Passage in the North American Arctic.
For more information see: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/franklin-sir-john-2066

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Received from various sources including:
• Dr C.Craig (RS.18/8)
• R.C.Robertson (RS.18/4 (1)
• R.F.Turner (RS.18/4 (2),
• Royal Geographic Society (RS.18/6, on loan from Tasmanian Museum).

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Letter from Sir John Franklin to Capt. Washington, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. 1838
Concerns the dismissal of Capt. Maconochie as Sir John's private secretary.

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This material is made available for personal research and study purposes under the University of Tasmania Standard Copyright Licence. For any further use permission should be obtained from the copyright owners. For assistance please contact Special.Collections@utas.edu.au

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2020

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