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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/1/1/92
Former Reference	D3311/53
Title	Original album from which were extracted the letters from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson and other documents
Date	[late 19th cent]
Description	Labelled on spine "Sir John Franklin + Letters 1820-1845": on front cover is a label in hand of Aileen Pauline Gell "Dr Richardson R.N. from Sir John Franklin - 1820-1845 - 98 letters Franklin to Richardson" The album held 89 letters from Franklin to Richardson, 1820-1845 (now D8760/F/FJR/1/1/1-91 passim), 2 letters from Franklin to his niece and Richardson's wife, Mary, 1833-1834 (now D8760/F/FJR/1/1/68-69), copy of letter by Franklin to John Barrow, 26 Nov 1823 (now D8760/F/FJR/1/1/12/a), list of provisions for expediiton, 1824 (now D8760/F/FJR/1/1/23/a), as well as a letter from Thomas Drummond to Richardson, 28 Hun 1825 (now D8760/F/FJR/1/2/1), draft letter on Franklin's expedition, 1819 (now D8760/F/FSJ/1/14/2), draft letter from Franklin possibly to the Admiralty, 28 Feb 1820 (now D8760/F/FSJ/1/14/3) and journal excerpts of Franklin's North Pole expedition, 1818 (now D8760/F/FSJ/2/1/1).
Extent	1 volume
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Sir John Richardson (1787-1865)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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