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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
FJR - Records of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1861
1 - Letters of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1850
3 - Copies and extracts from letters and documents of SIr John Richardson - 1825-1849
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FJR/1/3/2
Former Reference
D3311/132
Title
Typescript copy of letter 25 Nov 1840 from Peter W. Dease to Dr John Richardson on the cultivation of crops in northern Canada
Date
[20th cent]
Description
Written from 28 Arundel Street, Strand; recipient identified from contribution by John Richardson to The New Edinburgh Philisophical Journal, Volume 30, 1841, entitled "On the Cultivation of the Cerealia in the High Latitudes of North America", pages 123-124, which contains an amended version of most of the typescript letter.
Extent
1 small file of 3 pages
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Sender
Peter W Dease
Recipient
John Richardson
Archive Creator
Sir John Richardson (1787-1865)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term
Cultivation
Cereals
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Dease; Peter Warren (1788-1863); Fur trader and arctic explorer
Richardson; Sir; John (1787-1865); physician, naturalist and Arctic explorer
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Type
Canada
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