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D2387 - Arkwright Family of Sutton Scarsdale - 1769-[20th cent]
- 1 - Arkwright Family of Sutton Scarsdale - 1769-[20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2387/1/1
Title	Album and autograph book compiled by 'FCA': Mrs Frances Crawford Arkwright.
Date	1826-[c1865]
Description	Contents include manuscript verses by 'FCA', 1836 and 1841; letters, autographs and poems by Thomas Moore, George IV, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns and Sir Richard Arkwright; Drawings by FCA's children; mementoes including flowers, a twig from the tree under which the Duke of Wellington stood at the Battle of Waterloo, and Thomas Moore's quill pen with which he wrote 'Lala Rookh'.
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Arkwright family of Sutton Scarsdale
Format	Document
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Useful Links	<http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/burns-day-1554297>
Useful Links Description	Website of the Daily Record, 25 January 2013 - The Robert Burns letter was widely publicised in 2013 after it was examined in by researchers carrying out a project called "Enlightened Burns". The letter is addressed to the actress Elizabeth Kemble and ask

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