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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/3/1/4
Former ReferenceD3311/59/16
TitleFile of pages of draft biography of Sir John Franklin, written by Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Date[mid 19th cent]
DescriptionSomewhat disorganized in order, with some pages numbered, including passages on his qualities as a captain, the death of his brother Major Franklin, his appointment as Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] and the journey there in 1836-1837, the journey back in 1843, and his return to England, 1843-1844
Extent1 file (54 pages)
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermColonialism
British Empire
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Australia 
Tasmania 
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