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Description: | Despatch balloon message, printed on white Silk with black and red text. Front text reads: 'Despatched by a balloon / H.M.S. Resolute / in Lat...N., Long... W., / To Sir John Franklin.' Reverse reads: 'Provisions left at .../ Steering for.../ Intending to winter at...or in / the vicinity.' It is associated with the Franklin Search Expedition, lead by Horatio Austin, 1850-51, and belonged to Richard Vesey Hamilton (1829-1912) who was mate of 'Assistance'.
Two rock samples were stuck to it, now removed. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton Assistance (purchased 1850) Resolute 1850 [HMS] dispatch balloons | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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