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Penny, William, (1809-1892), sea captain and Arctic explorer

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Surname: Penny
Forenames: William
Gender: Male
Date: 1809-1892
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P152845 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P22562 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1842-1854: accounts and ships papers
Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre
MS 2295
NRA 16129
2
1836-1865: corresp and papers mainly rel to search for Sir John Franklin
Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute
MSS 116, 248, 1424
See Guide 1982
3
1850-1873: letters to John Barrow
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 35306,35309 passim