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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/GMF/1/1/2/4
Former ReferenceD3311/99
TitleLetter from Lieutenant W.H. Dickinson to Mary Frances Gell, thanking her for photograph of Sir John Franklin to go on H.M.S. Franklin
Date19 Jan 1938
DescriptionHe thanks Mary Frances Gell for the photograph of the portrait of Sir John Franklin. He goes on to express how it will form a personal link between the family of Sir John and Admiralty and future officers who will serve on H.M.S. Franklin once it is commissioned for service (middle of June 1938). He invites Miss gell to present the picture personally.
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderW.H. Dickinson
Sender LocationH.M.S. Franklin c/o Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Troon, Ayrshire
RecipientMary Frances Gell
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorMary Frances Gell (1854-1946)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
FormatDocument
TermFranklin Expedition (1845)
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