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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D2387/1/1 |
| Title | Album and autograph book compiled by 'FCA': Mrs Frances Crawford Arkwright. |
| Date | 1826-[c1865] |
| Description | Contents include manuscript verses by 'FCA', 1836 and 1841; letters, autographs and poems by Thomas Moore, George IV, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns and Sir Richard Arkwright; Drawings by FCA's children; mementoes including flowers, a twig from the tree under which the Duke of Wellington stood at the Battle of Waterloo, and Thomas Moore's quill pen with which he wrote 'Lala Rookh'. |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Arkwright family of Sutton Scarsdale |
| Format | Document |
| Copies | A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Useful Links | <http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/burns-day-1554297> |
| Useful Links Description | Website of the Daily Record, 25 January 2013 - The Robert Burns letter was widely publicised in 2013 after it was examined in by researchers carrying out a project called "Enlightened Burns". The letter is addressed to the actress Elizabeth Kemble and ask |
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