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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
GPL - Records of Philip Lyttelton Gell, son of John Philip and Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, grandson of Sir John Franklin - 1873-1922
1 - Correspondence of Philip Lyttelton Gell - 1873
6 - Correspondence of Philip Lyttelton Gell received from assorted people relating to the history and records of the Franklin family - 1896-1922
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/GPL/1/6/7
Former Reference
D3311/45/9
Title
Note by Philip Lyttelton Gell on David Ross McCord of Temple Grove, writing to Sir Leopold McClintock on 28 July 1906 about an item linked to Sir John Franklin
Date
1906
Description
McCord, a well known advocate and Canadian antiquarian, has the only souvenir of Sir John Franklin in the civilized part of Canada, a spirit level used when laying the first lock of the Ridian Canal, a military work to reach the Great Lakes by avoiding the long river frontier
Extent
1 item
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Philip Lyttelton Gell (1852-1926)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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