Sir John Franklin manuscript material

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unitid

{"value"=>"23427", "type"=>"local_mss"}

origination

{"value"=>"Franklin, John, 1786-1847", "type"=>"persname"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Sir John Franklin manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1819-1823", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1819/1823"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To \"Dear Sir\" : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Aug 1819 : (MISC 0283) : referring to scientific matters, and giving an account of a \"hair breadth escape from shipwreck on Resolution Island.\".</p><p>· To John Letts, Jnr., of the New European Magazine : 1 autograph letter : 13 Mar 1823 : (MISC 0284) : third person, alluding to the publication of one of his works. Letts was the son of John Letts and the brother of Thomas Letts, the stationers.</p>"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Sir John Franklin, British naval officer and Arctic explorer.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1819

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1819

date_end

1823

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1819

date_inclusive_end

1823

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2 items

prefercite

{"value"=>"Sir John Franklin manuscript material : 2 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Sir John Franklin, British naval officer and Arctic explorer. &#xB7; To \"Dear Sir\" : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Aug 1819 : (MISC 0283) : referring to scientific matters, and giving an account of a \"hair breadth escape from shipwreck on Resolution Island.\".", "generated"=>true}

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