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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEP/3/7/2 |
Former Reference | D3311/24/7 |
Title | Fair hand version of Valentine Day poem as if written by an indigenous girl of North America to the European lover who has deserted her, intended for John Franklin by Eleanor Anne Porden |
Date | 14 Feb 1823 |
Description | Addressed to Captain Franklin at 60 Frith Street, Soho; Based on "Miss Green Stockings", whom Franklin met during his first Arctic land expedition: in disguised handwriting, including made-up signature for "Miss Green Stockings" using symbols. |
Extent | 1 sheet |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Archive Creator | Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825) |
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
Related Material | For typescript translation, incorrectly called "The Esquimaux Girl's Lament", see D8760/F/GEL/2/3/11/7. |
Term | Inuit |
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Indigenous populations |
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