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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
FLJ - Records of Jane, Lady Franklin nee Griffin, second wife of Sir John Franklin - 1841-1871
2 - Documents of Lady Franklin - 1841-1871
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FLJ/2/1
Former Reference
D3311/110
Title
Commonplace book of Lady Franklin, comprising largely of copies of passages on religious or philosophical themes
Date
1847-1851
Description
There are 284 numbered passages, ranging in length from one sentence to seven pages; at the back is an index for the sources of quotations, with no sources for numbers 1-44, which may have been copied from an older book, according to a note by Philip Lyttelton Gell. Some of the passages are in French.
Notes at the start of the volume state that it belonged to Jane, Lady Franklin; the book was begun in February 1847 and ended in the early part of 1851; the index exhibits her range of range of reading and that probably another volume exists, with one dated note from F.J. Woodward saying that it is in Lady Franklin's hand, Nov 1951.
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Jane Griffin later Lady Franklin (1791-1875)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term
Commonplace books
Religious literature
Religious texts
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Franklin; Lady; Jane (1791-1875); second wife of Sir John Franklin, campaigner and traveller
Gell; Philip Lyttelton (1852-1926); company director and businessman
Woodward; Frances J. (fl 1951-1960); author
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