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Wright, Noel. Quest for Franklin. London: Heinemann, 1959.
CHAPTER FOUR
Unpublished Manuscripts
National Archives of Canada
MG24 H27 Sir Francis Leopold McClintock Papers
Scott Polar Research Institute
MS116 Penny Papers
MS 1503 Richardson-Voss Collection
MS248/112, 115, 161 Jane Franklin Journal
MS248/229 Sophia Cracroft Journal
MS248/247 Sophia Cracroft, letters to her mother and sisters
MS787/1 John Rae Autobiography
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Corner, George. Doctor Kane of the Arctic Seas. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1972.
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CHAPTER FIVE
Unpublished Manuscripts
National Archives of Canada
MG24 H30 McClure Papers
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JOD/102 Henry Piers Journal
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The Times, 1847-1859
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Bellot, Memoirs.
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Kennedy, William, A Short Narrative.
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Neatby, L.H. (ed.). Frozen Ships: The Arctic Diary of Johann Miertsching, 1850-54. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1967.
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Nelson, J.H. “The Last Voyage of H.M.S. Investigator, 1850-53 and the Discovery of the North West Passage,” Polar Record 13, No. 87, 1967.
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Woodward, “Joseph-René Bellot.”
——, Portrait of Jane.
Wright, Noel, Quest for Franklin.
CHAPTER SIX
Unpublished Manuscripts
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Dreer Collection: Elisha Kent Kane Journal
National Archives of Canada
MG24 H27 Sir Francis Leopold McClintock Papers
MG24H31 W. May Papers
Scott Polar Research Institute
MS116 Penny Papers
Stanford University Libraries, Dept. of Special Collections
Elisha Kent Kane Journal
United States National Archives
RG401 John Wall Wilson Journal
Government Documents
House of Commons, Sessional Papers, Reports from Committees, Vol. 7, session 12, Dec. 1854-14 Aug. 1855.
Newspapers
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The Times, 1847-1859
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Burns, Flora Hamilton. “H.M.S. Herald in Search of Franklin,” Beaver, Outfit 294, Autumn, 1963.
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Cullum, George W. “Doctor Isaac I. Hayes,” American Geographical Society Bulletin, Vol. 13, 1881.
Elder, Biography of Elisha Kent Kane.
[Fox, Margaret]. The Love-Life of Dr. Kane, Containing the Correspondence and a History of the Acquaintance, Engagement and Secret Marriage between Elisha Kent Kane and Margaret Fox. New York: Carleton, 1865.
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CHAPTER SEVEN
Unpublished Manuscripts
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Dreer Collection: Kane Journal
National Maritime Museum (London)
Philip Sharpe Papers
Scott Polar Research Institute
MS1161 Private journal of Francis T. Skead
Stanford University Libraries, Dept. of Special Collections
Elisha Kent Kane Journal
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Cullum, “Doctor Isaac I. Hayes.”
Elder, Biography of Elisha Kent Kane.
[Fox], The Love-Life of Dr. Kane.
Godfrey, Godfrey’s Narrative of the Last Grinnell Arctic Exploring Expedition. [Hans Hendrik], Memoirs.
Hayes, An Arctic Boat-Journey.
Kane, Arctic Explorations.
Neat by, Conquest of the Last Frontier.
——, The Search for Franklin.
Sutherland, Patricia, The Franklin Era.
Villarejo, Dr. Kane’s Voyage.
Wright, Noel, Quest for Franklin.
CHAPTER EIGHT
Unpublished Manuscripts
National Maritime Museum
Philip Sharpe Papers
National Archives of Canada
MG24 H27 McClintock Papers
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The Times, 1847-1859
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Cyriax, Sir John Franklin’s Last Arctic Expedition.
——, “The Two Franklin Expedition Records.”
Elder, Biography of Elisha Kent Kane.
Galaburri, “The Franklin Records.”
Gibson, “Sir John Franklin’s Last Voyage.”
——, “Some Further Traces of the Franklin Retreat.”
Markham, “Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock.”
——, The Life of Sir Leopold McClintock.
M’Clintock, Capt. F.L. The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas: A Narrative of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. Edmonton: Hurtig, 1972 (reprint).
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Owen, The Fate of Franklin.
Skewes, Sir John Franklin.
Stefansson, Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic.
Traili, The Life of Sir John Franklin.
Wallace, Hugh, The Navy, the Company and Richard King.
Woodward, Portrait of Jane.
Wright, Noel, Quest for Franklin.
CHAPTER NINE
Unpublished Manuscripts
United States National Archives
RG401/33 Tyson Papers: expedition notes and diaries, fair copy 1872-73, nos. 1-6
RG45-D136 Noah Hayes Journal
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CHAPTER TEN
Unpublished Manuscripts
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MG29 B12 George Strong Nares Papers
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Albert Markham Papers, MRK13, MRK45, pts. 2 and 3
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1875, Vol. XLV, p. 523. Papers and correspondence as to equipment and fitting out of expedition of 1875, including report of Admiralty Arctic Committee.
1876, Vol. XLV, p. 463. Further Papers and Correspondence.
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1877, Vol. LVI, p. 1137. Letter addressed by Admiralty to Sir George S. Nares on outbreak of scurvy.
1878, Vol. LII, p. 791. Medical report on Eskimo dog disease by fleet surgeon Belgrave Ninnis, M.D.
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