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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FSJ/1/13/7
Former ReferenceD3311/43/2
TitleLetter from J. Hindmarsh to Sir John Franklin, on the supsension of the Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania]
Date19 Aug 1837
DescriptionHindmarsh 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.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderJ.Hindmarsh
Sender LocationAdelaide
RecipientJohn Franklin
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorSir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermBritish Empire
Colonialism
Letters (documents)
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Tasmania 
Australia 
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