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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
  - FSJ - Records of Sir John Franklin - 1810-[early 20th cent]
    - 1 - Correspondence of Sir John Franklin - 1810-[early 20th cent]
      - 13 - Correspondence of John Franklin received from Admiralty, fellow naval officers and other correspondents - 1816-1842

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FSJ/1/13/2
Former Reference	D3311/36/3
Title	Letter from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Franklin, apologising for not writing before and informing him of the lease of Hartwell House
Date	3 Dec 1831
Description	He had been hoping to write but he has been very busy the last fortnight, employed by the Government in assigning boundaries to all the boundaries in the new bill; he only has time mention that the "N. School" is going on well and htaht he has just signed an article with Dr Lee for the lease of Hartwell House, where Louis XVI lived [mistake for Louis XVIII, to be opened next Midsummer, with McKonachie to be Governor
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Francis Beaufort
Sender Location	Admiralty
Recipient	John Franklin
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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