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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/15/7
Former Reference	D3311/31/17
Title	Letter from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, following the news of promotion of Sir John Franklin as Rear Admiral
Date	1 Nov [1852]
Description	Congratulations to Eleanor on the "advanced rank of your dear Father"; praying that he may still come back; 52 years last month since he joined the navy on 'Polyphemus'; he has served in war, explorations, was shipwrecked, suffered hardships, trusts in God; hopes he may come back to his family and friends in the next few months; they cannot know anything until next year about Sir Edward Belcher, although might hear something from the Pacific route; Uncle Booth is reasonably well and sends his love, love to children and to niece; arrangements for collection of someone from Winchester station. Only 1 Nov is given, but Franklin was promoted to Rear Admiral in October 1852.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Hannah Booth
Sender Location	6 Tottenham Place, Clifton [the latter in pencil]
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Document
Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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