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Historian Fabiënne Tetteroo MA researches Capt. James Fitzjames RN, John Barrow, & Rear-Admiral Sherard Osborn RN / general polar posting at @drfrederickcook

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MY ARCTIC COUNCIL ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED!! 🥳
https://t.co/s02Ags1jwQ

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@KingKanawha1863 @er_ebuss The bar is on the ground basically, haha.

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@GlennMartyStein Haha, I fear that like Sherard I'm very direct and speak my mind, but at least I don't make things up. 😌

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Sherard Osborn found those gloves.❤️

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sometimes i randomly start thinking about that pair of left-handed gloves found on beechey island with a heart embroidered on one of them and get emotional

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@er_ebuss Yeah, it definitely sounds like this video is about as good as it can get when it comes to popular history!

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@ootmobile Love Jack!!

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@polaresque Manhauling your sledge with luggage would be more noble and heroic, though.

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@packloafer @RoisinRadio I still have screenshots, it was so bizarre haha. It was truly a case of 'don't name search your famous husband'. Someone commented that the cowboy pic made them unwell & she of course misunderstood the meaning. 🥲

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Yay, I finally have a post card of the Manor House in Abbots Langley where Fitzjames lived for a few years as child! The house was demolished in 1953. [My collection]

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@tinytuunbaq I'm always scared to watch these social media history videos about the Franklin Expedition, I fear I'll just get annoyed. 🥲

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@scantor2000 🙏🙏🙏

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@ootmobile Scott petting the dog and smiling and Cherry just standing there looking lost. ❤️

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Comments at the Plymouth polar conference after my talk:
- "I've learnt so much about the relationship between Fitzjames and John Barrow!"
- "Battersby is the Huntford of the Franklin Expedition."
Had such a great time! My last talk this year. Now back to writing!

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Lovely spot, Devil's Point! I think the Pyramus sailed into Plymouth here in 1828, but don't know what docks they went into; Millbay or Devonport. The former is nearer to Durnford St, where Fitzjames was staying.

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Think this area got bombed and/or torn down. It doesn't look at all like it did when Fitzjames was here. The numbering might've changed, though. Gonna look further up the road. The street is near the docks and victualling yard.

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I'm in Plymouth for another conference and I'm going to check out this address at which Fitzjames was being kept by the Gambiers who didn't want to return him to the Coninghams. 👀 After Robert Coningham sent a letter they did let Fitzjames go. [Letter R. Coningham to JF]

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@Dalehilltiger Thanks! So glad that it's in my hands. There are a few more volumes of Barrow family correspondence that I hope to acquire eventually.

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I am so incredibly happy to have obtained a volume of letters from John Barrow's South African relatives to him. His mother was from SA of German/Dutch descent. About a 100 letters!! Can't wait to read them all, such a great source of new info. JB owned & touched this waaaah. 🥹

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I'm in Plymouth for another conference and I'm going to check out this address at which Fitzjames was being kept by the Gambiers who didn't want to return him to the Coninghams. 👀 After Robert Coningham sent a letter they did let Fitzjames go. [Letter R. Coningham to JF]