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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FKA/1/5
Title	Letters from Isabella Cracroft (nee Franklin) to her relative Sarah Henrietta Kay
Date	1825-1826
Description	The two letters relate to Iabella Cracroft having care of John Franklin's child, Eleanor, while he is away on his second Arctic land expedition, his first wife having died. Isabella Cracroft took on the care of the child for several years until the Franklin family left for Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] in 1836.
Extent	2 items
Level	SubSeries
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Kay family of London
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth