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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FSJ/1/13/8
Former ReferenceD3311/50/22
TitleLetter from Professor J. Inman of the Royal Naval College to John Franklin, copying letter from Lord Melville on the negative answer to his petition for promotion
Date15-17 Mar 1816
DescriptionFirst page: Letter from Melville, Admiralty, to Professor Inman, 15 Mar 1816; receipt of letter of the 8th: no prospect of early promotion for Franklin, with navy on peace establishment and promotions restricted.  
Second page; Letter from J. Inman to Franklin, 17 Mar 1816; on the other side is Melville's reply: assures him that lieutenants' apartments are sufficiently commodious; it matters little wether he applies to the Board of Admiralty or the First Lord about the lieutenancies.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderJ. Inman
Sender LocationRoyal Naval College
RecipientJohn Franklin
Recipient LocationMavis Enderby near Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire
Archive CreatorSir John Franklin (1786-1847)
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