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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
FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828
3 - Manuscripts in hand of Eleanor Anne Porden - 1809-1823
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEP/3/8
Former Reference
D3311/24/10
Title
Sonnet by Eleanor Anne Porden entitled "Nay! Nay! I'll tax my brains no more"
Date
[early 1823]
Description
Written in mild mockery of John Franklin, as he was attempting to write up for publication the narrative of his first Arctic land expedition (1819-1821)
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1 item
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Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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