''Ship Rattlesnake''

''Ship Rattlesnake'' : return to an order of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 27 April 1853; - for, copies or extracts ''of any minutes or other documents connected with the selection by the late Board of Admiralty of the Ship 'Rattlesnake', in preference to a steamer, for the purpose of endeavoring to communicate with the 'Plover:''' ''And, copies of instructions given by the Board of Admiralty to the Captain of the 'Rattlesnake.'''. Bound together (no. 2) with a number of documents, all relating to Arctic expeditions and the search for Sir John Franklin, published btw. 1852 and 1858; all bound together with the binder's title: ''Arctic papers etc. concerning the search for Sir J. Franklin, 1852-58''. On cover: ''London : Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottinswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. For Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1852.'' ''(Mr. Vernon.)'' [Parliamentary paper, 1853, no.] 444. Title from caption. TPL:3362. Correspondence from J. R. G. Graham, Hyde Parker, M. F. F. Berkeley to Henry Trollope; and from W. A. B. Hamilton to Commander Maguire.