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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/1/1/90
Former Reference	D3311/53/83
Title	Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while preparing for his final expedition
Date	22 Feb 1845
Description	Offers congratulations on the birth of a child. Will not have room for a naturalist. Commends what Richardson is doing for poor Mary Anne [Kendall, whose husband Edward Kendall had died 10 days earlier]. Mr Paine, too, is indefatigable.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Franklin
Sender Location	21 Bedford Place, Russell Square, [London]
Recipient	John Richardson
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Sir John Richardson (1787-1865)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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Kendall; Mary Anne (1808-1869); wife of Edward Nicholas Kendall

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