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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FKA/1/1/20 |
| Former Reference | D3311/29/13 |
| Title | Letter from John Franklin to his sister-in-law Sarah Henrietta Kay, declining Mrs Kay's invitiation due to the work needed for his narrative of the second Arctic land expedition |
| Date | [early 1828] |
| Description | Needs to limit engagements: needs to start work on his Narrative. Receiving good accounts from Brighton, but not convinced that the child should remain there. Dr Richardson cannot accept any engagements for two months.
No date given, but content on preparing his narrative suggests early in 1828. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | John Franklin |
| Sender Location | No address |
| Recipient | Sarah Henrietta Kay |
| Recipient Location | Gower Street [London] |
| Archive Creator | Kay family of London |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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| Term | Mackenzie River Expedition (1825) |