From her optimistic requests to whaling ships to her persistent demands for Admiralty aid, Lady Franklin played a crucial role in the search for her husband. Her correspondence with British prime ministers, members of Parliament, lords of the Admiralty, and a US president presents a private, domestic side to a national tragedy and sheds new light on what Sir John Franklin's disappearance meant to England, its public, and its sense of itself as an imperial power. With comprehensive annotations, a descriptive timeline, and an introduction that outlines the significance of Lady Franklin's contribution to the "Arctic debate," As affecting the fate of my absent husband is a convincing portrait of the surprisingly disruptive effects - on both the public consciousness and the government bureaucracy - of a single, eloquent, voice of dissent.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 910.9163/27
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn-nt
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- 9780773575165 9780773534797
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- G662
- LCCN Item number
- F728 2009eb
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- 1 electronic text (x, 222 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Abbreviations 14
- Maps 15
- Introduction 22
- On Reading the Documents 53
- Chronology of Events, 1845–1859 60
- Illustrations 75
- THE DOCUMENTS: SELECTED LETTERS OF JANE, LADY FRANKLIN 80
- 1. 20 March 1848 – Reward Offered by Lady Franklin 82
- 2. 22 March 1849 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 84
- 3. 23 March 1849 – Reward Offered by Lady Franklin 85
- 4. 4 April 1849 – Lady Franklin to Zachary Taylor 87
- 5. 2 May 1849 – Lady Franklin to Lords of the Admiralty 91
- 6. 24 May 1849 – Lady Franklin to John Clayton 95
- 7. 6 June 1849 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 96
- 8. 15 June 1849 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 97
- 9. 11 December 1849 – Lady Franklin to Zachary Taylor 98
- 10. 12 December 1849 – Lady Franklin to John Clayton 101
- 11. 23 January 1850 – Lady Franklin to William Hamilton 102
- 12. 30 January 1850 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 103
- 13. 31 January 1853 – Lady Franklin to William Hamilton 105
- 14. 20 January 1854 – Lady Franklin to Sir James Graham 107
- 15. 9 February 1854 – Lady Franklin to William Hamilton 110
- 16. 24 February 1854 – Lady Franklin to Lords of the Admiralty 112
- 17. 26 April 1854 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 134
- 18. 27 April 1854 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 136
- 19. 26 June 1855 – Lady Franklin to Lord Palmerston 138
- 20. 2 July 1855 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 140
- 21. 6 July 1855 – Lady Franklin to William Mackinnon 142
- 22. 12 April 1856 – Lady Franklin to Lords of the Admiralty 144
- 23. 11 July 1856 – Lady Franklin to Lords of the Admiralty 154
- 24. 2 December 1856 – Lady Franklin to Lord Palmerston 158
- 25. 25 February 1857 – Lady Franklin to Richard Monckton Milnes 165
- 26. 4 April 1857 – Lady Franklin to Sir Charles Wood 167
- 27. 21 April 1857 – Lady Franklin to William Hamilton 172
- 28. 31 December 1859 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 177
- 29. 3 March 1860 – Lady Franklin to Benjamin Disraeli 178
- Afterword 180
- Notes 184
- Bibliography 224
- Index 232
- A 232
- B 233
- C 234
- D 234
- E 234
- F 234
- G 236
- H 237
- I 237
- J 237
- K 237
- L 237
- M 237
- N 238
- O 238
- P 238
- Q 239
- R 239
- S 240
- T 240
- U 241
- V 241
- W 241
- Y 241
