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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FSJ/1/15/44
Former ReferenceD3311/40/1/1/3
TitleTyped transcript of beginning of letter from Governor Sir John Franklin to G.W.B. Boyes, Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania], original dated 22 Apr 1842
Date[20th cent]
DescriptionExpedition into the interior; Mumford blinded in an accident; Sir John, Lady Franklin and Lady Franklin's maid all suffer falls from horses; despatches being wrongly sent to the Colonial Secretary's clerks instead of Government House. At the end it has been added in ink that the rest is missing.
Extent4 sheets
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderJohn Franklin
Sender LocationOn board the Breeze, Banks of the Gordon
RecipientG.W.B. Boyes
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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