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Show - - . - I IA A GOOD WILL DESKIt DESK It has long been the custom for nations to send sendhistoric sendhistoric sendhistoric historic tokens of good will v.111 v111 sill . to one another , and the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United States hds hJS has sent scnt and received many such me- me mementoes mementoes me mementoes - mentoesOne mentoes ' " ' One of the ino't inot moct most ' : interesting interestmg gift gifts " in the pOSSESSIon possessionof of our gO\e1l1ment gO e1l1ment goteinment eo \ cinment Is ie ; a desk in tne the White House House.which Housewhich . , which \ \ h1ch \ was \ as presented by Queen Victoria some years yearsbefore yearsbefore yearsbefore before her death deat.h . The desk is of caned carted oak and car- car carucs carries car-ncs car ncs - ucs ries a brass platelth plate \ with \\lth lth this inscription mscript10n inscription"H dl.1tion "H H " M S Resolute , forming formmg pirt p\rt p rt part ' \ of the expedi expedi- eXP expedition expedition dl.1 dl1 - . tion sent in search of Sir John Fianklln Flanl.l1n Flanll1n Franklin . in m to 1852 . , 'vas vas was 'vasabandoned wasabandoned ' wasabandoned abandoned in latitude 74 degrees 41 minutes north northlongitude , longitude 101 degrees 22 minutes v . west lest est , , ' en 'On On the 15th 15thof 15thof 15thof of May , 1854 She was discovered and extricated 67 67degrecs 6 67degrees ? degrecs degrees north by Captain Buddington Buddmgton of the Umted United Umtedstates UnitedStates UnitedStates states " wlialer "haler haler whaler George Henry ' The 'TIle TIle shipas ship \ was \\as as sas \ purchased purchasedfitted , , fitted out and sent to England as a gift to Her HerIvlajests HerMajest\ HerMajest HerMajestQueen L1.jest\ L1.jest Ivlajests L1.jestQucen . \ \ Queen Qucen Victoria Victona , by the Ple Piesident President ldent and pc people peopleof peopleof ple pleof of the United States as a token t1Jken of goodill good will \\ill ill sill \ \ and andfrIendsh1p andfriendship andfriendship frIendsh1p friendship This table was made from her timbers thnbers thnberswhen timberswhen when \ hen she was broken up and is presented by the theQueen theQueen theQueen Queen of Great Britain Bntain and Ireland to the Plesident President Piesidentof Plesidentof Presidentof of the United Uruted Umted States as a memorial memonal of the courtesy courtesyand courtesyand and loving 100ing losing l.mdnesshich . kindness l.mdness lmdness \ which \\hich hich dictated the offer of the thegift thegift thegift gift of the Resolute Rcsclute " Sir John Franklin Franklm , in to seaich sealch search ofhose of \ whose \\hose hose e.pedition epedition expedition e.peditionthe expeditionthe expeditionthe } , . the Resolute and many other \ vessels essels were sent , per- per perished perished per perished - ished with his rus 134 officers ofIicers and men while wrole trying to tofind tofind tofind Altar tic to the thePacific thePacific thePacific find a northwest nlrth\'Lest nlrth 'Lest Lest ) \ ' passage from the Pacific , between the sears ) ears 1846 and 1848 Their skele skele- skeletons skele- skele skeletons skeletons - - tons with sith \ ith some records and other relics rehcs relies , were found founda a few yeais yeals years later . |