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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FSJ/1/13/7 |
| Former Reference | D3311/43/2 |
| Title | Letter from J. Hindmarsh to Sir John Franklin, on the supsension of the Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] |
| Date | 19 Aug 1837 |
| Description | Hindmarsh is obliged to suspend the Colonial Secretary; in an enclosed dispatch Lord Glenelg is informed of the circumstances of the suspension; he is sending it through Franklin, and asks him to send it at the earliest opportunity; he has only heard of the sailing of the Albion to Van Diemen's Land in the last quarter of an hour.
Endorsed as Captain Hindmarsh on suspending his Colonial Secretary. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | J.Hindmarsh |
| Sender Location | Adelaide |
| Recipient | John Franklin |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Term | British Empire |
| Colonialism |
| Letters (documents) |