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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
  - FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
    - 1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - 1828-1859
      - 2 - Letters from Jane, Lady Franklin (née Griffin) to her stepdaughter Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - 1828-1849

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/2/12
Former Reference	D3287/31/8
Title	Letter from Lady Franklin to her step-daughter Eleanor Isabella Franklin, during Sir John and Lady Franklin's travels in Tasmania
Date	[Easter 1837]
Description	Written Sunday.They have been prevented from leaving due to the equinoctial gales, which makes it dangerous to go by sea; they will make another return route, part in boats, the rest by land, hopefully coming home Tuesday or Wednesday. Among things they have done, they have gone down a coal mine, bent double in mud and water, emerging with blackened hands and draggled petticoats. Love to the girls and Miss Williamson and little Emma, and love from Papa. Paper watermarked 1834. This letter relates to a visit to Port Arthur which took place in Easter (late March) 1837, which ties in with the reference to equinoctial gales
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Jane Franklin
Sender Location	Port Arthur [Tasmania]
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	Hobart Town [in pencil]
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Colonialism
	British Empire
	Letters (documents)

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Place (click for further details)	Type
Australia
Tasmania

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