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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
LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
5 - Books written on Sir John Franklin, the expeditions sent out to search for him, his ships and his crews, and exploration for the North West Passage in general - 1821-1954
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/LIB/5/1
Former Reference
D3311/175
Title
"The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle", edited by Edward Sabine
Date
1821
Description
The North Georgia Gazette and Winter Chronicle was a weekly newspaper edited by Edward Sabine, which served as a form of entertainment and source of amusement for the officers of the Royal Navy expedition to winter over in the Arctic, at Winter Harbour on Melville Island, under the command of William Edward Parry. Its pages are filled with poems, jokes and anecdotes aimed at keeping morale high during the bleak and lightless months. The newspaper ran from 1 Nov 1819 to 20 March 1820.
On the front endpaper is a manuscript passage (in an unknown hand) on the pleasures of books.
Published by John Murray, London.
Bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell on inside front cover.
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term
Poetry
Humour (literary)
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Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788-1883); army officer, scientist, geophysicist
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Type
Winter Harbour
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