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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/52/76 |
| Former Reference | D3287/31/11 |
| Title | Letter from M. de la Roquette to Eleanor Isabella Gell, relating to his publication of a biography of Sir John Franklin |
| Date | 20 Dec 1856 |
| Description | Happy to have the approval of the daughter and sister of the great navigator Sir John Franklin for his attempt to write his life; asks for compliments to sent to Madame Booth. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | M. de la Roquette |
| Sender Location | 19 Rue Mazarine, Paris |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | Londres [London] |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Format | Document |
| Language | French |
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| Term | Franklin Expedition (1845) |