Franklin, Sir John, (1786-1847), Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer

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Surname:	Franklin
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1786-1847
Biography:	ODNB link for Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847) Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P134536 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P10603 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir John Franklin

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1801-45: corresp, letterbooks, journals and papers	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute	MS 248	See Guide 1982
2	1824-56: personal and family corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 22613, 40666, 45545, 46868, 47768-72, 56233	See HMC Papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986
3	papers in North America	See information in published source		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
4	1818-45: corresp	McCord Museum		NRA 25853 Franklin
5	corresp and papers	Royal Geographical Society	SJF
6	1837-68: corresp and papers of him and Lady Franklin	University of Tasmania Library, Special & Rare Collections	Royal Society of Tasmania MSS 16-18
7	corresp and papers of him and Lady Franklin	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)		See Accessions to Repositories 1988
8	1818: lunar observations	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	FIS/3	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
9	c1854: account of a search to find him in the arctic (MS copy)	Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre	MS/37	NRA 29607 Bexley Boro Lib misc
10	1801-45: corresp; 1821-22: journal	Derbyshire Record Office	D3287, D3311	NRA 5438 Gell
11	1836-38: corresp rel to Van Diemens Land (1 vol)	State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library	A 1570
12	1825-39: Corresp with Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add.MSS.37183-200 passim	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
13	1819-39: letters to George Back	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute	MS 395	See Guide 1982
14	letters to Booth family	Lincolnshire Archives		See Accessions to Repositories 1988
15	1814-45: corresp with Robert Brown	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute	MS 248	See Guide 1982
16	c1818-36: (copies) letters to Captain CW Cumby	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 24
17	1821-29: letters to WH Fitton	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute		See Accessions to Repositories 1985
18	1820-45: letters (13) to Mary Anne Kay	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	FRN/1/2-26 passim	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
19	1820-45: letters to Mary and Edward Kendall	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	FRA	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
20	1820-45: corresp with John Richardson	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute		NRA 29684 Richardson
21	1840-45: letters (25) to James Clark Ross	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute	MS 248	See Guide 1982
22	1835-45: letters to Sir Edward Sabine	The National Archives	BJ3/18
23	1820-1845: additional corresp	Derbyshire Record Office	D3311, D3287	See Annual Return 2004