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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/33/1
Former Reference	D3287/32/1/9
Title	Letter from Sarah Henrietta Kay to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, mainly on family news, including reference to wagon accident involving Sir John Franklin in Tasmania
Date	19-24 Dec 1838
Description	Pressures of a large family have prevented her writing before; thanks for her last letter; good that she is able to correspond with her maternal relatives, whom she knew so little before her departure; concerns about her health, with Lady Franklin having added at the end of Eleanor's letter that Eleanor is very stout, needing exercise; congratulations on the marriage of Mary Franklin and Mr Price; remembrance to Sophia Cracroft, not mentioned in her letter; receipt of letters from cousin Henry [Kay], anxious for promotion; glad that Sir John escaped so well in the overturn of the wagon with Mr Elliott
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Sarah Henrietta Kay
Sender Location	Gower Street
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	Government House, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania]
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Copies	A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.

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