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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FSJ/1/10/3
Former Reference	D3311/30/3
Title	Part of letter from Mary Anne Kay to her uncle Sir John Franklin
Date	[Apr 1826]
Description	Last sheet of letter, in the handwriting of Mary Anne Kay. Refers to Miss Appleton having changed her name to McLachlan, but her remaining quite as she was. Contains factual items about a wide range of individuals and events, mostly remote from the Kay and Franklin families, as if taken from newspapers. There is mention of William having made a portrait of "dear little Eleanor" [Sir John's daughter] for Dr Thomson. A reference to Captain King and Captain Pringle Stokes being about to leave to survey the coast of Patagonia implies a date in or about April 1826.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Mary Anne Kay
Sender Location	No address
Recipient	John Franklin
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth