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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FKA/3/5 |
| Former Reference | D3311/29/4-5 |
| Title | Letter from Lady Franklin to Frances Kay, including references to her being at Spring Gardens near the Admiralty and on Henry Kay possibly being removed from the Observatory in Hobart |
| Date | 9 Apr [1849] |
| Description | Pleased she has enjoyed lectures and extols her to continue with theology lectures: regrets being unable to give more financial support, being uneasy about her own expenditure levels, referring to supplies for 4 or 5 whalers, which the Admiralty declined doing. She lodges at Spring Gardens close to the Admiralty. Reports opinion of Mr [?] Mannion, having dined with him; she returns her notes of his lectures but retains notes of Mr French's lectures longer. Refers to Henry's anxieties and to his letter to Emily; she has seen an Admiralty letter to Col. Sabine about 2 other officers who might take charge of the Observatory, which may mean he will soon be relieved. Sees little of Eleanor, who is more engaged with Mr Gell: Mrs Leeves (Mrs Sabine's mother) is her working companion, who occasionally sleeps at her lodgings. Mr Gell has commenced his curate's works at St Martin's yesterday.
The letter is dated only 9 April, but the context is the year 1849. The envelope was addressed to Lady Franklin but has been re-used to send to Frances, as her own stationery is in another place. |
| Extent | 2 sheets |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Jane Franklin |
| Sender Location | Bedford Place |
| Recipient | Frances Kay |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Kay family of London |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Format | Document |
| Term | Franklin Expedition (1845) |
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