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Title supplied by cataloger.
Lacking p. 234-235, 251-262.
Covers Aug. 21, 1820, to Dec. 19, 1821,
Three leaves laid in, one each between p. 333-334, 357-358, and 375-376.
Published as: Arctic ordeal : the journal of John Richardson, surgeon-naturalist with Franklin, 1820-1822 / edited by C. Stuart Houston (Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1984).
Binding: Pasteboards with sheepskin spine; conserved by Richard C. Baker, Dec. 2003.
Provenance: Lady Mary Fletcher Richardson (1802-1880), widow of Sir John Richardson -- Major-General John Booth Richardson, son of Sir John Richardson -- Captain John Franklin Richardson, grandson of Sir John Richardson -- Estate of Captain J. F. Richardson sold by Dawson's of Pall Mall, London -- Purchased Dec. 8, 1965.
Former shelfmark: MS 919.8 R39j (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
Brichford, M.J., R.M. Sutton, and D.F. Walle. Manuscripts guide to collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1976), Guide to British naval papers in North America (1994), 1024