Record

Browse this collection	This entry describes an individual archive record or file. Click here to browse the full catalogue for this collection
Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/52/4
Former Reference	D3311/120
Title	Letter from William Beechey to Eleanor Isabella Gell, relating to the false news that Franklin had been found, with rough sketch map of position of ships in the Arctic
Date	10 Oct [1849]
Description	Hardly dares to congratulate her, although he fully expects the return of her father this autumn; he cannot quite understand the hydrography of the Esquimaux, making comments based on enclosed sheet; she is to tell Sir F. and Lady Simpkinson he participates in the happiness this rumour will occasion in them; he believes Lady Franklin is away. The letter is dated only 10 Oct, but ""/49" has been added in pencil.
Extent	2 sheets
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Full Catalogue List	Click here to view a full list for this collection
Sender	William Beechey
Sender Location	Pittville Villas, Cheltenham
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Document
Term	Inuit
	Ethnic groups
	Indigenous populations
	Franklin Expedition (1845)
	Arctic regions

Related Names

Name (click for further details)

Add to My Items

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Collection Highlights

Useful Links