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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]
    - 3 - Personal records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - [mid 19th cent]
      - 2 - Items relating to the time when HMS Erebus and Terror were in Hobart, Tasmania, during the Antarctic expedition commanded by James Clark Ross - 1841

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/3/2/2
Former Reference	D3287/31/8
Title	Draft addresses by Eleanor Isabella Franklin to Captains Crozier and Ross on the occasion for the presentation of a wattle [a shrub or small tree meant to be emblematic of Tasmania] to Crozier and a little flower stand to Ross to remind them of their stay in Hobart prior to their setting sail for England
Date	[Jul] 1841
Description	Although 1842 has been written in pencil at the top and on the reverse, the items are likely have been presented in July 1841, when the ships were due to leave Hobart for England
Extent	1 item
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	Colonialism
Term	British Empire

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Place (click for further details)	Type
Australia
Tasmania

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