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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 |