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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/1/5/7
Former Reference	D3311/82/1/7
Title	Note from the Church Missionary Society Library that they have a small fragment (10 words only) of writing by the Esquimaux Indian who accompanied Captain Franklin on his journey and who had been taught to write by the officers
Date	[1937]
Description	Marked with stamp of the Library of the Church Missionary Society, Salisbury Square, London
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Inuit
	Ethnic groups
	Indigenous populations

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