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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FSJ/1/14/12
Former ReferenceD3311/59/3
TitleDraft of part of letter from Sir John Franklin to the Bishop of Australia, relating to despatch on the Church in Tasmania
Date[c1840]
DescriptionIt is likely that the letter would have been written between January 1837, when Franklin arrived as Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania and August 1842, when the first Bishop of Tasmania was appointed.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderJohn Franklin
RecipientBishop of Australia
Archive CreatorSir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermColonialism
British Empire
Transcript or IndexWhat I have said in that dispatch respecting your Lordship's good and deep interest for the welfare of the Church in this Island as a part of your extensive Diocese is written in all sincerity and respect and I trust the steps I have taken will not appear [ ?to any] incon...tial with these sentiments ... Lady Fr
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