£20,000
REWARD
WILL BE GIVEN BY
Her Majesty's Government
TO ANY PARTY OR PARTIES, OF ANY COUNTRY, WHO SHALL RENDER EFFICIENT
ASSISTANCE TO THE CREWS OF THE
DISCOVERY SHIPS
UNDER THE COMMAND OF
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN,
1.-To any Party or Parties who, in the judgment of the
Board of Admiralty, shall discover and effectually relieve the
Crews of Her Majesty's Ships Erebus and Terror, the
Sum of
£20,000.
OR
2.-To any Party or Parties who, in the judgment of the
Board of Admiralty, shall discover and effectually relieve any
of the Crews of Her Majesty's Ships Erebus and Terror,
or shall convey such intelligence as shall lead to the relief of
such Crews or any of them, the Sum of
£10,000.
OR
3.-To any Party or Parties who, in the judgment of the
Board of Admiralty, shall by virtue of his or their efforts first
succeed in ascertaining their fate,
£10,000.

W. A. B. HAMILTON,
Secretary of the Admiralty

Admiralty, March 7th, 1850.

DescriptionReward for finding Franklin Expedition.jpg	English: Poster offering a reward for help in finding Franklin's lost expedition.
Date	7 March 1850
Source	Library and Archives Canada
Author	William Alexander Baillie Hamilton (1803-1881)
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