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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FSJ/1/13/2 |
| Former Reference | D3311/36/3 |
| Title | Letter from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Franklin, apologising for not writing before and informing him of the lease of Hartwell House |
| Date | 3 Dec 1831 |
| Description | He had been hoping to write but he has been very busy the last fortnight, employed by the Government in assigning boundaries to all the boundaries in the new bill; he only has time mention that the "N. School" is going on well and htaht he has just signed an article with Dr Lee for the lease of Hartwell House, where Louis XVI lived [mistake for Louis XVIII, to be opened next Midsummer, with McKonachie to be Governor |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | Francis Beaufort |
| Sender Location | Admiralty |
| Recipient | John Franklin |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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