Letter from Sir Edward Belcher, March 26, 1855

Part of a collection of letters from Arctic explorers Admiral Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877) and Admiral Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock (1819-1907) who engaged in Arctic surveys and were associated with the search for Sir John Franklin. Belcher commanded the expedition to search for Franklin in 1852 and M'Clintock discovered remains of the expedition in May 1859. This letter is from Admiral Sir Edward Belcher CB KCB, and is concerned with personal matters.

In Collection:

• 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

Creator

• Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877

Subject

• Interpersonal relations
• Explorers
• Discoveries in geography

Language

• eng

Date created

• March 26, 1855

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 folded leaf, double-sided

Geographic coverage

• Arctic Regions

Coordinates

• 75.58494, -43.94531

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• 19th Century Manuscripts

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)
• manuscripts (documents)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1996-049

Fonds title

• Arctic Explorers collection

Fonds identifier

• SC144

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/arctic-explorers-collection

Date digitized

• November 6, 2020

Technical note

• Scanned on Plustek OpticBook 4800 at 600 dpi TIFF on 6 November 2020 by JF. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/07qa-wv26

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