Keywords: Reward for finding Franklin Expedition.jpg £20 000<br/> REWARD<br/> WILL BE GIVEN BY<br/> Her Majesty's Government<br/> TO ANY PARTY OR PARTIES OF ANY COUNTRY WHO SHALL RENDER EFFICIENT<br/> ASSISTANCE TO THE CREWS OF THE<br/> DISCOVERY SHIPS<br/> UNDER THE COMMAND OF<br/> SIR JOHN FRANKLIN <br/> 1 -To any Party or Parties who in the judgment of the<br/> Board of Admiralty shall discover and effectually relieve the<br/> Crews of Her Majesty's Ships Erebus and Terror the<br/> Sum of<br/> £20 000 <br/> OR<br/> 2 -To any Party or Parties who in the judgment of the<br/> Board of Admiralty shall discover and effectually relieve any<br/> of the Crews of Her Majesty's Ships Erebus and Terror <br/> or shall convey such intelligence as shall lead to the relief of<br/> such Crews or any of them the Sum of<br/> £10 000 <br/> OR<br/> 3 -To any Party or Parties who in the judgment of the<br/> Board of Admiralty shall by virtue of his or their efforts first<br/> succeed in ascertaining their fate <br/> £10 000 <br/> <br/> W A B HAMILTON <br/> Secretary of the Admiralty<br/> <br/> Admiralty March 7th 1850 Poster offering a reward for help in finding Franklin's lost expedition Library and Archives Canada 1850-03-07 William Alexander Baillie Hamilton 1803-1881 PD-Old John Franklin's lost expedition |