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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FSJ/1/15/43
Former ReferenceD3311/40/1/1/2
TitleTyped transcript of letter from Governor Sir John Franklin to G.W.B. Boyes, Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania], original dated 29 Mar 1842
Date[20th cent]
DescriptionVarious administrative matters; report of convicts absconding and measures to prevent them from leaving the peninsula; actions taken by Captain Booth, Mr Price and the Police Department.
Extent2 sheets
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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SenderJohn Franklin
Sender LocationGlendhu (Tasmania in ink)
RecipientG.W.B. Boyes
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorSir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermBritish Empire
Colonialism
Letters (documents)
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Tasmania 
Australia 
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