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Letters, papers and newspaper cuttings relating to the expeditions of D'Urville and...
Catalogue reference: BJ 2/4
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This record is about the Letters, papers and newspaper cuttings relating to the expeditions of D'Urville and... dating from 1838-1847 in the series Sir James Clark Ross: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BJ 2/4
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1838-1847
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letters, papers and newspaper cuttings relating to the expeditions of D'Urville and Wilkes and their relationship to the Ross expedition. Letter to Ross from Wilkes on USS Vincennes (1840) and copy of Wilkes' letter to the Editor of "The Union" (1847).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C471380/
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BJ 2
Sir James Clark Ross: Correspondence and Papers
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