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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
  - GHW - Records of Henry Willingham Gell - 1855-1938
    - 1 - Correspondence of Henry Willingham Gell, including material relating to Sir John Franklin and topics of related historical or genealogical interest - 1855-1938
      - 5 - Documents relating to John Franklin and his intention of helping Inuit people to get education in 1822, involving the Christian Missionary Society - 1937

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/GHW/1/5/3
Former Reference	D3311/82/1/3
Title	Extract of letter from Reverend John West, to the C.M.S. [Church Missionary Society], on his travelling to Churchill to meet Esquimaux Indians, original dated 25 Oct 1823
Date	[1937]
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John West
Sender Location	London
Recipient	Unknown
Archive Creator	Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Inuit
	Ethnic groups
	Indigenous populations
Transcript or Index	In consequence of the conversation which I mentioned with Captn. Franklin at York Factory last year, I walked from thence to Churchill (the most northern post the Hudson's Bay Copmany has at present on the Bay) last July to meet the Esquimaux Indians, and was much interested in meeting about 50 of them.

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