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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FSJ/1/2/2/a
Former ReferenceD3287/31/5
TitleSmall booklet entitled "Hymns for a Week", sent by Eleanor Isabella Franklin to go with Sir James Ross, and meant to be given to her father Sir John Franklin when found: with envelope
Datemid 19th cent
DescriptionBooklet inscribed on front endpaper "To my dear Father from his very affec.te daughter Eleanor Isabella Franklin, 9th May 1848". Envelope addressed to Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N., H.M.S. Erebus, marked in bottom left hand corner "By Sir James Ross", marked in top left hand corner "returned from Arctic regions".
Extent2 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorSir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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HMS Erebus; 1826-1848; Royal Navy ship
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