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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/18/4 |
| Former Reference | D3311/57/2 |
| Title | Letter from Sir John Richardson to Eleanor Isabella Gell, giving his opinions on the ships H.M.S. Erebus and Terror having been supposedly sighted |
| Date | 25 Nov 1853 |
| Description | Including references to her opinions on the drifting of the Erebus and Terror out of their anchorage and their desertion by the crews matching his own, the examples provided by other ships, and Eskimo account of ship masts, it being unlikely that the ships' crews would not have communicated with the Eskimos, who were aware of the search |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | John Richardson |
| Sender Location | Haslar Hospital, Gosport |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Term | Inuit |
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