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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
  - FLJ - Records of Jane, Lady Franklin nee Griffin, second wife of Sir John Franklin - 1841-1871
    - 3 - Printed material on Lady Franklin - 1873-1951

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FLJ/3/1
Former Reference	D3311/204/2
Title	Newspaper cutting from "The Times", printing letters from Jane Franklin and Henry Willingham Gell refuting the claims of the friends of the late Robert M'Clure that he was "The Discoverer of the North-West Passage"
Date	[28 Oct 1873]
Description	Letters both written 27 Oct; M'Clure died 17 Oct 1873. [Published in "The Times" on 28 Oct 1873.]
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Jane Griffin later Lady Franklin (1791-1875)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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