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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/2/2
Former Reference	D3287/31/14/1
Title	Diary of Eleanor Isabella Franklin, during her residence in Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania]
Date	4 Jun 1838-16 Mar 1842
Description	Entry dated 14 September 1841 includes the following: "Methinna is 6 years old. Her mother Eveline Father Modern name Hannibal Port Sorell Tribe. I am good little girl, I have pen & ink, cause I am good little girl. I do love my father. I have got a doll & shift & petticoat. I read My Father I thank thee for sleep. I read.] I have got red frock. Like my father come here to see my father. I have got sore feet & shoes & stockings & am very glad, all great many things tell my father [?]her rooms. [?]tasselse. Unprompted letter to her father. Said one day I do love my God. I think she is affec[tiona]te & intelligent."
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Diaries
	Travel abroad
	Travel
	British Empire
	Colonialism