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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/33/1
Former ReferenceD3287/32/1/9
TitleLetter 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
Date19-24 Dec 1838
DescriptionPressures 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
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderSarah Henrietta Kay
Sender LocationGower Street
RecipientEleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient LocationGovernment House, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania]
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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