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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FKA/3/4/2 |
| Former Reference | D3287/26/21/12 |
| Title | Letter from Eleanor Isabella Franklin to her cousin Frances Kay, during her the period of her residence in Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] while her father was Governor, including reference to the succession of Queen Victoria |
| Date | 7 Nov 1837 |
| Description | Speaks of a fire in one of their outhouses. Queen Victoria succeeds her father to the British throne. Franklin has to swear allegiance to this new majesty. Stayed for a time at Lindisfarne, a farm owned by one of the settlers. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Eleanor Isabella Franklin |
| Sender Location | Hobart Town |
| Recipient | Frances Kay |
| Recipient Location | Gower Street, London |
| Archive Creator | Kay family of London |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Term | Colonialism |
| British Empire |
| Letters (documents) |