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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FKA/1/1/26
Former Reference	D3311/29/26
Title	First page of letter from John Franklin to his sister-in-law Sarah Henrietta Kay, on having to postone their dinner engagement due to his being at the New Travellers Club, to which he has been elected
Date	[1829]
Description	On waking he has remembered an engagement to dine on Monday week at the New Travellers Club, where he has been elected an honorary member; he hopes Mr and Mrs Kay may be able to fix any other day that week to go to the play; hopes to avoid the Kays' censure for breaking an engagement. His sister is tolerably well today after the game of forfeits; Mrs R. vey well and is sure they would send their best wishes. No date but paper watermarked "182" and the New Travellers Club would seem to have opened in new premises in or around 1829.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Franklin
Sender Location	No address
Recipient	Sarah Henrietta Kay
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Kay family of London
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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