MANUSCRIPT
Franklin family : Papers
- Date
- 1833-1856
- By
- Franklin familyFranklin, John (Sir), 1786-1847; Franklin, Jane (Lady), 1791-1876
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0375
- Description
Letters written by Sir John Franklin while Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land and one letter of Lady Jane Franklin while visiting New Zealand in 1841. Much of the material deals with a dispute over Franklin's estate after his disappearance on an Arctic expedition. Address of welcome from merchants of Port Nicholson on arrival of Lady Franklin, 1841.
Quantity: 6 folder(s) (31 pieces). 0.06 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0716
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 6 folder(s) (31 pieces), 0.06 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Family papers, Mss
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Outward correspondence
Date: 28 May 1847
From: Franklin family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0375-3
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 letter).
Correspondence and newsclippings
Date: 1853-1856
From: Franklin family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0375-4
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of contents of folder.
Correspondence
Date: 1833-1847, n d
From: Franklin family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0375-5
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 letters). Finding Aids: See inventory for fuller description of contents of this folder.
Outward correspondence
Date: 1843
From: Franklin family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0375-2
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 letters).
Address from the merchants of Port Nicholson on the arrival of Lady Jane Franklin
Date: 1841
From: Franklin family : Papers
Reference: MSI-Papers-0375
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Outward correspondence
Date: 1839-1841
From: Franklin family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0375-1
Description: Includes letter from Sir John Franklin to his wife, 1 Mar 1841, in which he briefly discusses trouble with the crew and emigrants on board the `Lady Nugent' which called in at Hobart on its way to Wellington Quantity: 1 folder(s).