[Franklin Expedition Search]:

$3,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

FURTHER PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE RECENT ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF SIR J. FRANKLIN, AND THE CREWS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS "EREBUS" AND "TERROR;" INCLUDING THE REPORTS OF DR. KANE AND MESSRS. ... A rare Parliamentary paper relating to the lost Franklin expedition. This "blue book" (a series of parliamentary reports named for their original blue paper wrappers) contains a wealth of information about Franklin's expedition, including detailed correspondence on the Second Grinnell Expedition with Kane's report and the Hudson's Bay Company's expedition down the Back River under Anderson and Stewart. Also includes Richard King's proposal to venture down the Back River to Montreal Island; the recovery and subsequent disposal of the Resolute; Collinson's report on Franklin relics; correspondence on the rewards for Franklin searches; and a list of American officers and men entitled to receive the Arctic Medal (known today as the Polar Medal, and given out by the British government to "all persons, of every rank and class, who have been engaged in the several Expeditions to the Arctic Regions, whether of discovery or search, between the years 1818 and 1855").Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition, his fourth to the Arctic and third as commander, set out in 1845 to search for the fabled Northwest Passage. In September 1846 the expedition's ships became trapped in the ice off of King William Island, which would be their final resting place. The crew spent the next year and a half tr

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