Resolute Desk made from timbers of HMS Resolute given by Queen Victoria to widow of Henry Grinnell of New Bedford in gratitude for attempts to rescue Sir John Franklin Arctic exploration party at New Bedford Whaling Museum. New Bedford, MA.

Resolute Desk (c1879) made from timbers of HMS Resolute given by Queen Victoria to widow of Henry Grinnell of New Bedford in gratitude for attempts to rescue Sir John Franklin Arctic exploration party at New Bedford Whaling Museum. New Bedford, MA.