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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
    - 1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - 1828-1859
      - 52 - Letters from other correspondents to Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - [c1836-1858]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/52/9
Former Reference	D3287/31/11
Title	Letter from Richard Collinson to Eleanor Isabella Gell, during his expedition to look for Franklin via the Behring Straits
Date	28 Mar 1851
Description	He has little doubt that Captains Austin's and M'Clure's travelling parties will meet up and that traces will be found; it is a bitter disppointment to him that he should have been an object of distress; before he left the continent of America he asked for the opinions of the officers, who were unanimous in thinking that their progress would be blocked for that season; he determined to try northwards but found it the most compact ice anyone had seen; they will endeavour, when the first break occurs, to push eastward along the American coast, hopefully allowing him to deliver the letter given to his care.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Richard Collinson
Sender Location	H.M.S. Enterprize, Hong Kong
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	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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Collinson; Sir; Richard (1811-1883); naval officer and explorer

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