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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/10/2/9
Former Reference	D3311/198/UL
Title	Part of book review from "The Pall Mall Gazette", referring to the Franklin expeditions and Captain McClintock
Date	9 May 1889
Description	Relating to the book published by Rev. J. Henry Skewes entitled "Sir John Franklin, the true secret of the discovery of his fate: a ‘Revelation’, ‘A little child shall lead them’", making publicly known the claims that the dead spirit of a four-year old child Louisa Coppin, also known as Little Weesy, appeared to her family five months after her death in October 1849 in a bluish light, revealing the position of the lost polar expedition by means "writing on the wall". The cutting includes other references to Captain Kennedy, Sir R. Murchison and Captain Coffin (should have read Coppin, the father of Louisa Coppin)
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Printed
Term	Naval personnel
	Navy officers
	Sailors
	Franklin Expedition (1845)