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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/1/1/44
Former Reference	D3311/53/95
Title	Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on postponement of Franklin's intended marriage in St Petersburg
Date	18 Oct 1828
Description	Regrets missing Richardson in London: changed plan and returned through Holland instead of direct from Hamburg. Much to tell about an agreeable tour: hopes to visit Richardson at Chatham after visiting Brighton. Marriage likely in early November. Both pleased at decision to postpone the marriage given humiliations of Russia for English newly-weds. May see Beechey tomorrow. Met Mr Elston at Admiralty: account in Narrative is regarded as complete: did not strike him that Elston was particularly well informed. Empress Mother of Russia and Admiral Krusenstern enquired after Richardson. Saw Krusenstern and Baron Wrangel: contrasts impressions gained of each of them. Krusenstern gave him a chart with Wrangel’s and others’ discoveries: fills a vacant space east of Shelatzkor [? Shelagskiy]. Asks how Natural History is getting on. [letter bears no year nor postmark: content indicates 1828]
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Franklin
Sender Location	55 Devonshire Street, Portland Place [London]
Recipient	John Richardson
Recipient Location	Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham
Archive Creator	Sir John Richardson (1787-1865)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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