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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/1/7
Former Reference	D3311/193
Title	"The Holy Bible" used by John Franklin on his second expedition (1825-1827)
Date	1823
Description	Printed by Samuel Collingwood and Co. at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1823. On the front endpapers: inscription of it being given to John Franklin by his sister, Hannah Booth, 11 Feb 1824; inscription of John Franklin at Fort Franklin, Great Bear Lake leaving it for his daughter Eleanor, 19 June 1826; memorandum of it being left at Fort Franklin, Great Bear Lake, by Captain Franklin, with request for it to be forwarded by Mr Dease in the event of none of the officers returning, 20 June 1826. Pocket size, small print, 810 pages for Old Testament, 250 for New Testament.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Printed
Term	Naval personnel
	Navy officers
	Sailors