Ross, Sir John, (1777-1856), Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Navigator

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Surname:	Ross
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1777-1856
Biography:	ODNB link for Ross, Sir John (1777-1856) Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Navigator
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P134698 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P24745 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir John Ross

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1818-56: corresp and misc papers	Oxford University: History of Science Museum		NRA 9532 Oxford scientific See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
2	1805-19: misc corresp (26 items)	New York Public Library: Manuscripts and Archives Division		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
3	1815-33: papers	Royal Geographical Society	SJR
4	1834: papers (1 vol)	Historical Society of Pennsylvania		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
5	1787-1854: corresp and misc papers (97 items)	McCord Museum		NRA 25852 Ross See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
6	1812-56: corresp and papers	Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute	MSS 486, 546, 550, 557, 655, 752, 1008, 1397, 1413	See Guide 1982
7	1818: MS of A voyage to the arctic regions in HMS Isabella and Aleexander	Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum		See HMC visit, JRS 1992
8	1815-51: corresp and papers	Library and Archives Canada	MG24 H5	See General inventory manuscripts
9	1818, 1829-33: journals	Huntington Library	HM 708, HM 714	See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
10	1830-33: journal	Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo (University of Oslo Library)		See SPRI Guide 1982 p574
11	letters to Thomas, Lord Cochrane	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD233	NRA 8150 Cochrane
12	1850-56: letters (43) to John Lee	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	HAR/301-43	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
13	1819-34: corresp with Lord Melville	Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library		See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories 1975
14	1850-51: corresp with Sir Erasmus Ommanney	Royal Geographical Society	EO	See RGS Archives, pp105,134-35