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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FKA/1/5
TitleLetters from Isabella Cracroft (nee Franklin) to her relative Sarah Henrietta Kay
Date1825-1826
DescriptionThe two letters relate to Iabella Cracroft having care of John Franklin's child, Eleanor, while he is away on his second Arctic land expedition, his first wife having died. Isabella Cracroft took on the care of the child for several years until the Franklin family left for Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] in 1836.
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LevelSubSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorKay family of London
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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Cracroft; Isabella (1791-1883); wife of Thomas Robert Cracroft
Kay; Sarah Henrietta (1785-1859); wife of architect Joseph Kay
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