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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FSJ/1/15/43
Former ReferenceD3311/40/1/1/2
TitleTyped transcript of letter from Governor Sir John Franklin to G.W.B. Boyes, Colonial Secretary of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania], original dated 29 Mar 1842
Date[20th cent]
DescriptionVarious administrative matters; report of convicts absconding and measures to prevent them from leaving the peninsula; actions taken by Captain Booth, Mr Price and the Police Department.
Extent2 sheets
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderJohn Franklin
Sender LocationGlendhu (Tasmania in ink)
RecipientG.W.B. Boyes
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorSir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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