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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FKA/3/4/2
Former ReferenceD3287/26/21/12
TitleLetter from Eleanor Isabella Franklin to her cousin Frances Kay, during her the period of her residence in Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] while her father was Governor, including reference to the succession of Queen Victoria
Date7 Nov 1837
DescriptionSpeaks of a fire in one of their outhouses. Queen Victoria succeeds her father to the British throne. Franklin has to swear allegiance to this new majesty. Stayed for a time at Lindisfarne, a farm owned by one of the settlers.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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SenderEleanor Isabella Franklin
Sender LocationHobart Town
RecipientFrances Kay
Recipient LocationGower Street, London
Archive CreatorKay family of London
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermColonialism
British Empire
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Place (click for further details)Type
Australia 
Tasmania 
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