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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEP/3/7/2
Former ReferenceD3311/24/7
TitleFair hand version of Valentine Day poem as if written by a native girl of North America to the European lover who has deserted her, intended for John Franklin by Eleanor Anne Porden
Date14 Feb 1823
DescriptionAddressed to Captain Franklin at 60 Frith Street, Soho;
Based on "Miss Green Stockings", whom Franklin met during his first Arctic land expedition: in disguised handwriting, including made-up signature for "Miss Green Stockings" using symbols.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorEleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Related MaterialFor typescript translation, incorrectly called "The Esquimaux Girl's Lament", see D8760/F/GEL/2/3/11/7.
TermInuit
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