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[[margin]] 1.560
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     36)   7.800  (21
           7 2
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             60
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             240
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Franklins party purchased a small seal of the Seq. 
Where are those Seq.?
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Every effort should be made to find some Esq. who themselves saw this body of Englishmen & in 1850 communicated with them. [[underlined]] Diligent [[/underlined]] search should be made for any records wh may have been deposited by Sir John Franklin or his officers in that neighborhood; every exertion [[strikethrough]] should be made [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] must [[/insertion]] be exhausted on the spot to find traces of the survivors if happily they exist & if not to every possible relic wh. may serve to throw light on the fate of the gallant men should be [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] brought home.
1855 B.B. [[encircled]] 846 [[/encircled]]
Oct. 1854  W.A.B. Hamilton
[[relate?]] to New [[Expedite?]]