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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
FJR - Records of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1861
1 - Letters of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1850
1 - Letters largely by John Franklin to John Richardson, formerly in a bound volume - 1820-1845
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FJR/1/1/19
Former Reference
D3311/53/18
Title
Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on preparations for the second Arctic land expedition
Date
23 Feb 1824
Description
Discusses and seeks Richardson’s opinion about expedition clothing: material proposed by Mr Macintosh. About to see about selection of guns. Has learned that people at Mackenzie river are invited to establish a new post lower than Fort Good Hope. Discusses appointment to posts [in Hudson’s Bay Company]; refers to Garry, Pelley, Dease, Roderick McLeod. Has seen a letter to Thompson which tells of widespread European interest and of commercial interest in anticipating Russians in surveying northern coast. Reports good progress with the boats
Extent
1 sheet
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Sender
John Franklin
Sender Location
No address
Recipient
John Richardson
Recipient Location
111 Lauriston, Edinburgh
Archive Creator
Sir John Richardson (1787-1865)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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