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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/5/11
Former ReferenceD3311/184
Title"A Brave Man and His Belongings: Being Some Passages in the Life of Sir John Franklin R.N.", by Eliza Margaret Jupp
Date1874
DescriptionWriter's name not declared, but believed to be Eliza Margaret Jupp (née Kay) based on personal references in book. It describes itself as a "Fragmentary Record", dedicated and compiled for Sir John Franklin's grandchildren and great nephews and nieces.
Printed by S. Taylor, Holborn, London.
61 pages, plus title page, dedication page and 5 pages of appendices comprising two Valentine poems by Eleanor Anne Porden and a very brief sketch of the life of Eleanor Isabella Franklin.
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
TermNaval personnel
Navy officers
Sailors

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Franklin; Sir; John (1786-1847); naval officer and Arctic explorer
Jupp; Eliza Margaret (1819-1897)
Porden; Eleanor Anne (1795-1825); poet and first wife of explorer Sir John Franklin
Gell; Eleanor Isabella (1824-1860); daughter of explorer Sir John Franklin
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