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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FSJ - Records of Sir John Franklin - 1810-[early 20th cent]
    - 1 - Correspondence of Sir John Franklin - 1810-[early 20th cent]
      - 15 - Typed transcripts of letters of John Franklin not held in the Gell collection, including several items not written by or to him - [20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FSJ/1/15/9
Former Reference	D3311/40/10
Title	Typed transcript of letter from John Franklin to his sister Elizabeth Franklin, during the Flinders's expedition to Australia, original dated 18 Oct 1802
Date	[20th cent]
Description	Addresses her as Eliza; family moving to Dog Hall, Enderby; marriages and deaths in Louth and Boston; books read by him in leisure hours; surveying the Australian coast; surveying the barrier reefs of the Bay of Inlets and the potential dangers; social life in Spilsby.
Extent	3 sheets
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	John Franklin
Sender Location	H.M. Ship Investigator, lat. 20 20 S and long. 149 49 east of Greenwich
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Archive Creator	Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Colonialism
Term	British Empire

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