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Title: Lady Jane Griffin Franklin - Correspondence, Folder 2, 1853-1857
Identifier(s): text:267916
Subject: Franklin, Jane, 1791-1875; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Franklin, John, 1786-1847; Northwest Passage; Grinnell Expedition; Grinnell Expedition (2nd : 1853-1855)
Date: 1853-1857

Title: Departure of the II Grinnell Expedition from New York Harbor
Identifier(s): graphics:10046
Description: Mounted pencil drawing.
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers (Mss.B.K132); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132-ead.xml
Subject: Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857.; Grinnell Expedition; New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Date: undated

Title: History of the Grinnell Exploring Expedition to the Arctic Ocean, in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853-4-5. Dr. E. K. Kane, U.S.N., commanding. By William Godfrey, one of the survivors of the expedition.
Identifier(s): text:347; APSimg6508; Goodman Number: 319; 973 C683 No. 94
Description: Prospectus from Godfrey, an ordinary seaman attached to the second Grinnell expedition, who claims in this broadside: "I saved Dr. Kane's life in the Arctic Ocean, and he denounces me in his book as a deserter."
Creator: Godfrey, Wm. C. (William C.)
Source: Broadsides Collection (973 C683);
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Discovery & exploration; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions
Date: ca. 1857

Title: Memorial. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled: The undersigned memorialists, members of the Maryland Institute and citizens of Baltimore generally...pray that an expedition of recovery be fitted out...[to search for Sir John Franklin and the lost crews of the Erebus and Terror].
Identifier(s): text:856; APSimg6715; Goodman Number: 328
Description: From the papers of John K. Kane, father of Elisha Kent Kane.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Maryland Institute
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Discovery & exploration
Date: n.d.

Title: By the commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, &c. ...To Horatio T. Austin, Esq., C.B., captain of Her Majesty's Ship "Resolute," in charge of an expedition to the Arctic Sea
Identifier(s): text:835; APSimg6716; Goodman Number: 317
Description: Copy of Austin's military orders to search the Arctic Sea for the missing ships, Erebus and Terror, under the command of Sir John Franklin (see also Goodman #314). Signed in type by F. T. Baring, M. F. F. Berkeley, and J. Parker. ; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Great Britain. Admiralty
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Arctic regions; Discovery & exploration; Grinnell Expedition
Date: 1850

Title: From Sir John Richardson, C.B., Medical Inspector, on equipment for Arctic travelling. Haslar Hospital, Feb. 14th, 1853. In pursuance of the commands of My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, conveyed in your letter of the 12th instant, that I should make such remarks and suggestions, as my experience in Arctic travelling may enable me to do, for the information of Dr. Kane, of the United States Navy, appointed to the command of an expedition
Identifier(s): text:859; APSimg6720; Goodman Number: 330
Description: Includes recommendations on clothing, bedding, tents, weight of equipment, food, sledges, and guides. Sent to Rear Admiral, Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. For other letters apparently solicted by the British Admiralty for Kane see Goodman #329, and #331-332.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions; Discovery & exploration
Date: 1853

Title: Woolwich, Feb. 24, 1853. Sir, With reference to the letter which you addressed to me on the 12th of February, in respect to Dr. Kane's Arctic Expedition, I must limit the suggestions...to..."magnetic observations."
Identifier(s): text:840; APSimg6718; Goodman Number: 332
Description: Recommends use of Kater's azimuth compass and Fox's apparatus for the inclination and force. Sent to Rear Admiral, Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. For three other documents solicited by the British Admiralty to aid Dr. Kane in his search see Goodman #329-331.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions; Compasses; Discovery & exploration; Discovery & exploration
Date: 1853

Title: Wilson, John Wall. Arctic Expedition Diary, Folder #1
Identifier(s): text:146997
Description: Copy (in the hand of Isaac Israel Hayes) of the diary of the sailing master aboard the Advance during the Second Grinnell Arctic expedition to determine the fate of Sir John Franklin and his crew, led by Elisha Kent Kane.
Subject: Grinnell Expedition (2nd : 1853-1855); Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881; Wilson, John Wall, 1831-1900; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Date: Oct. 1853-Oct. 15, 1854

Title: Lady Jane Griffin Franklin - Correspondence, Folder 1, 1849-1852
Identifier(s): text:274862
Subject: Franklin, Jane, 1791-1875; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Franklin, John, 1786-1847; Grinnell Expedition (2nd : 1853-1855); Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American
Date: 1849-1852

Title: The Franklin lifesaving and Arctic exploring expedition. The brilliant effort now making by Henry Grinnell...for the early departure of an expedition which he is fitting out for the Polar Seas, from his own private fortune, for the search and rescue of those who embarked in the exploring expedition which sailed from England under the command of Sir John Franklin, is worthy of every aid and facility which can be extended to so noble and praiseworthy an undertaking
Identifier(s): text:855; APSimg6722; Goodman Number: 318
Description: From the New York Municipal Gazette Extra. The first Grinnell expedition, financed by the New York merchant and philanthropist, Henry Grinnell, was commanded by Lt. Edwin J. DeHaven and included among its crew Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, who would later lead the second Grinnell expedition in search of Franklin.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Meriam, Ebenezer, 1794-1864
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions; Climate; Weather; Weather
Date: 1850

Title: Wilson, John Wall. Arctic Expedition Diary, Folder #2
Identifier(s): text:146998
Description: Copy (in the hand of Isaac Israel Hayes) of the diary of the sailing master aboard the Advance during the Second Grinnell Arctic expedition to determine the fate of Sir John Franklin and his crew, led by Elisha Kent Kane.
Subject: Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition (2nd : 1853-1855); Wilson, John Wall, 1831-1900; Hayes, I. I. (Isaac Israel), 1832-1881; Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration
Date: Oct. 1853-Oct. 15, 1854

Title: H. M. S. _____ __th of _____ 18__ Lat. _____ Long._____ _____ Commander...Whoever finds this paper is requested to forward it to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, with a note of the time and place at which it was found
Identifier(s): text:839; APSimg6709; Goodman Number: 321
Description: Identical text in six different languages: English, French, Spanish, Danish, Dutch and Russian. From the papers of John K. Kane, father of Elisha Kent Kane, the Arctic explorer.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Great Britain. Admiralty
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Discovery & exploration; Arctic regions
Date: 18__

Title: Aston Abbotts House, Aylesbury. 18th February, 1853. Sir, With respect to the number of each party, we have found two officers and six men to be the most convenient
Identifier(s): text:837; APSimg6719; Goodman Number: 331
Description: Recommendations by Ross for outfitting the Kane Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and his men, including suggestions for: fuel, dwellings, protection of the feet, and optimal date for travel. Sent to Rear Admiral, Sir Francis Beaufort, K.B.C. Other letters solicited by the British Admiralty to aid Kane in his expedition include Goodman #329-330, and 332.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions; Discovery & exploration
Date: 1853

Title: Northbrook House, Bishop's Waltham, Feb. 16th, 1853. Sir, In reply to your letter of the llth Inst. (receive only to day, I hasten to assure you how much pleasure it would afford me to contribute, in any degree, to the efficiency of Dr. Kane's equipment in the arduous enterprize in which he is about to be engaged.
Identifier(s): text:857; APSimg6717; Goodman Number: 329
Description: Gives recommendations on the selection and construction of sledges for the Arctic exploration about to be undertaken by Elisha Kent Kane in search for Sir John Franklin. Sent to Rear Admiral, Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B. For other letters apparently solicited by the British Admiralty on behalf of Kane see Goodman #330-332.; Located in Box #5.
Creator: Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
Source: Elisha Kent Kane Papers. Printed Material. (Mss.B.K132.p); http://amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.K132.p-ead.xml
Subject: Broadsides ; Broadside Class: Science; Broadside Division: Exploration and Travel; Broadside Subdivision: ; Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857; Grinnell Expedition; Arctic regions; Discovery & exploration; Sleds & sleighs
Date: 1853