Back, correspondence

Archive Unit

Scope and Content

  • MS 248/336;D Letter to John Franklin, 19 December 1837 [Tribute to Franklin's integrity] coped extracts
  • MS 341/1/1-4;D Letters (4) to Admiral G McKinley, 8 February 1826 to 30 September 1837, 12 leaves, typed copies

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to Arctic exploration and explorers

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipient

Related Material

Correspondence by Back can also be found amongst the Richardson-Voss collection held at the Institute:

  • MS 1503/7/10 BACK G Letter to John Richardson [Received letter from Kendall Cape of Good Hope 30 July 1829 and from Oease 20 July 1829 from Portage la Loche. Speaks of privations in the Chanticleer and great storms and gales in the Shetlands. Describes Cape of Good Hope. Speaks of his own hope of promotion] 29 November 1829
  • MS 1503/9/11 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Mention of cholera. Discussing arrangement with Barrow and Beaufort, probably HBC would make present of provisions, mention of Ross] 2 July 1832
  • MS 1503/9/12 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Nothing yet done about expedition, must await return of whalers] 27 July 1832
  • MS 1503/9/17 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Regarding birds and British Museum] 8 October 1832
  • MS 1503/9/18 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Notice of a public meeting, names of Committee and subscribers] 26 October 1832
  • MS 1503/9/20 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Beechy Spitsbergen Spinks HBC] 15 November 1832
  • MS 1503/9/21 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Duchess of Kent Princess Victoria] 5 December 1832
  • MS 1503/9/23 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Appointment of surgeon Chronometer, rumour of his marriage to Mary Booth] 15 December 1832
  • MS 1503/9/24 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Medicine natural history geology materials] 19 December 1832
  • MS 1503/10/3 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Describes difficulties of expedition] Norway House Jack River 26 June 1833
  • MS 1503/10/7 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Departure from Cumberland House description of new rotes, the guides and description of journey] Fort Reliance east end of Great Slave Lake 7 December 1833
  • MS 1503/12/3 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Regarding Ross, very severe winter very low thermometer] Fort Reliance 12 April 1834
  • MS 1503/16/7 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson [Congratulations on appointment to Haslar] 27 December 1837
  • MS 1503/30/25 BACK GEORGE Letter to John Richardson 27 April 1845
  • MS 1503/32/1 BACK George Letter to John Richardson [Congratulating him on knighthood, has looked at Barrows book] 13 February 1846
  • MS 1503/79/4 BACK GEORGE Letter to Mary Richardson [Thanks for copy of McIlraith's Life of Sir John] 5 March 1868