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Collapse D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
Expand E - Estate records of the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1794-1863E - Estate records of the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1794-1863
Collapse F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
Expand FBO - Records of the Booth family of Lincolnshire, related to Sir John Franklin - 1817-1838FBO - Records of the Booth family of Lincolnshire, related to Sir John Franklin - 1817-1838
Expand FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
Expand FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828
Collapse FJR - Records of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1861FJR - Records of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1861
Collapse 1 - Letters of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-18501 - Letters of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1850
Collapse 1 - Letters largely by John Franklin to John Richardson, formerly in a bound volume - 1820-18451 - Letters largely by John Franklin to John Richardson, formerly in a bound volume - 1820-1845
1 - Letter from John Franklin to his colleague John Richardson, during the first Arctic land expedition - 3 Feb 1820
2 - Letter from John Franklin to his colleague John Richardson, during the first Arctic land expedition - 19 Feb 1820
3 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, relating to reaction to the first Arctic land expedition - 24 Oct 1822
4 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, just after his return to England from the first Arctic land expedition - 31 Oct 1822
5 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, staying in Nottingham, including on the death of Mr Elliot and his own visit to Matlock - 13 Jun 1823
6 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, staying in Nottingham, including on the funeral of Mr Elliot - 19 Jul 1823
7 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on the possibility of a second Arctic land expedition - 24 Jul 1823
8 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on the possibility of second Arctic land expedition and the Admiralty's response to the killing of Michel Terahoute during the first Arctic land expedition - 1 Aug 1823
9 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on publication of edition of the narrative of the first Arctic land expedition - 18 Oct 1823
10 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on discussions for second Arctic land expedition - 17 Nov 1823
11 - Letter from John Franklin to friend John Richardson, including on proposals for a second Arctic land expedition - 20 Nov [1823]
Expand 12 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, enclosing letter to John Barrow proposing another Arctic expedition - 28 Nov 182312 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, enclosing letter to John Barrow proposing another Arctic expedition - 28 Nov 1823
13 - Letter from John Franklin to John Richardson, on plans for next Arctic land expedition - 15 Dec 1823
14 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, largely on preparations for second Arctic land expedition, including on not wanting George Back to go on it - 20 Dec [1823]
15 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on preparations for the second Arctic land expedition - 30 Dec 1823
16 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on preparations for the second Arctic land expedition - 14 Jan 1824
17 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on portraits of Franklin and preparations for the second Arctic land expedition - 10 Feb 1824
18 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on possible employment opportunity for his friend - 21 Feb 1824
19 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on preparations for the second Arctic land expedition - 23 Feb 1824
20 - Letter (first page only) from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on possible employment opportunity for his friend at Chatham - 16 Mar 1824
21 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, following the death of his father Willingham Franklin - 6 Apr 1824
22 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including references to his wife's health and preparations for another Arctic expedition - 24 Apr 1824
23 - Letter from John Franklin to friend John Richardson, on provisioning of second Arctic land expedition - 21 May 1824
23a - List of provisions for expedition, in handwriting of John Richardson - [May 1824]
24 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, relating to the use of the late Robert Hood's drawings in publications, preparations for the Arctic expedition and family news - 9 Jun 1824
25 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on preparations for expedition - 28 Jun 1824
26 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on wife's health and provisions for expedition - 3 Jul 1824
27 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on the death of his brother-in-law, Mr Cracroft - 13 Jul 1824
28 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on the death of his brother-in-law, Mr Cracroft - 19 Jul 1824
29 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, with additional text by Eleanor Anne Franklin - 24 Aug 1824
30 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on appointments to their next Arctic land expedition - 2 Sep 1824
31 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, asking him and his wife to stay with them, including on preparartions for their next Arctic land expedition - 26 Sep 1824
32 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on death of his brother Willingham Franklin - 13 Oct 1824
33 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on preparations for their next Arctic land expedition - 28 Oct 1824
34 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on the preparations for their next Arctic land expedition, including references to Parry's intended concurrent expedition - 4 Nov 1824
35 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on preparations for their next Arctic land expedition, including on the reluctant appointment of George Back - 24 Nov 1824
36 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, in the months leading up to the setting off of their next Arctic land expedition - 3 Dec 1824
37 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on preparations for their next Arctic land expedition, including on the appointment of Edward Kendall - 30 Dec 1824
38 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, in Canada during the first few months of the second Arctic land expedition - 7 Aug 1825
39 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, shortly after return from the second Arctic land expedition, including on favourable reactions from the Admiralty - 2 Oct 1827
40 - Letter from John Franklin to friend John Richardson, including on publication of Franklin's narrative of the second Arctic land expedition - [1828]
41 - Letter from John Franklin to friend John Richardson, on potential employment opportunities in Australia - 12 Apr 1828
42 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on on Franklin's possible employment opportunities - 28 Jun 1828
43 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on Franklin's possible marriage in St Petersburg - 2 Jul 1828
44 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on postponement of Franklin's intended marriage in St Petersburg - 18 Oct 1828
45 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on preparations for publication of anrrative of their second Arctic land expedition - 15 Nov 1828
46 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while Franklin is abroad in Paris during his honeymoon - 11 Dec 1828
47 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on Franklin trying to gain formal recognition for himself and the second Arctic land expedition members - 31 Mar 1829
48 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on offers of employment from Australian Land Company - 6 Apr 1829
49 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on publication of text by Richardson and the lack of government interest in science - 18 May [1829]
50 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on publication of book and sailing of expedition of John Ross that day - 19 May [1829]
51 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on publication of books - 4 Jun 1829
52 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on his travels in northern England, including reference to Franklin waiting for command of a Mediterranean ship - 15 Dec 1829
53 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on the inadequacies as a publisher of John Murray, then facing libel action - 9 Feb 1830
54 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on trying to help Richardson's brother get appointed to the Van Diemen's Land Company - 19 Apr 1830
55 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on trying to help Richardson's brother get appointed to the Van Diemen's Land Company - 11 Jun 1830
56 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on Richardson's suggestion to complete survey of the North American coast - 21 Jul 1830
57 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, after his appointment to H.M.S. Rainbow - 14 Sep 1830
58 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on start of his journey on H.M.S. Rainbow to the Mediterranean - 26 Nov 1830
59 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in Greece - 10 Mar 1831
60 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in Greece - 24 Sep 1831
61 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in Greece - 30 Dec 1831
62 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in the Mediterranean - 24 Feb 1832
63 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in Greece - 17 Jun 1832
64 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in Greece - 1 Aug 1832
65 - Letter [incomplete: final sheet only] from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in Greece - 28 Sep 1832
66 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in the Mediterranean - 8 Dec 1832
67 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving on military duty in the Mediterranean - 21 Jun 1833
68 - Letter from John Franklin to his niece, Mary, wife of his friend John Richardson, on his arrival back in England - 19 Dec 1833
69 - Letter from John Franklin to his niece, Mary, wife of his friend John Richardson, on assorted family news - 5 May 1834
70 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including reference to Back's Arctic expedition, his brother James Franklin and his wife still being in Cairo - 19 Jun [1834]
71 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, with inserted note on natural history pubication - 1 Aug 1834
72 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on printing of Richardsons' book on fish and assorted family news - 27 Feb [1835]
73 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on meeting Sir John Ross - [1835]
74 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, including on publication of book by Sir John Ross on his Arctic expedition (1829-1833) - 15 May 1835
75 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on assorted family news, including loss of Richardson's infant - 19 Jun 1835
76 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, before his journey to Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 16 May 1836
77 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 18 Sep 1837
78 - Letter from John Franklin to friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 24 Feb 1838
79 - Letter (incomplete, first page only) from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 28 Mar 1838
80 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 23 May 1839
81 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 17 Feb 1840
82 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 5 Dec 1840
83 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 22 Feb 1841
84 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 13 Apr 1841
85 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while serving as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania], including on his potential dismissal by Lord Stanley - 19 Apr 1843
86 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while on his return from Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] to England - 22 Nov 1843
87 - Letter (incomplete, first sheet only) from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on his interviews with members of the Government, attempting to recover his reputation following his recall as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 29 Jul 1844
88 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on his attempts to recover his reputation following his recall as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 2 Sep 1844
89 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, on his attempts to recover his reputation following his recall as Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] - 5 Oct [1844]
90 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, while preparing for his final expedition - 22 Feb 1845
91 - Letter from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson, written from Greenland during Franklin's final Arctic expedition - 7 Jul 1845
92 - Original album from which were extracted the letters from John Franklin to his friend John Richardson and other documents - [late 19th cent]
Expand 2 - Letters to John Richardson from other correspondents - 1825-18502 - Letters to John Richardson from other correspondents - 1825-1850
Expand 3 - Copies and extracts from letters and documents of SIr John Richardson - 1825-18493 - Copies and extracts from letters and documents of SIr John Richardson - 1825-1849
Expand 2 - Printed material of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1859-18612 - Printed material of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1859-1861
Expand FKA - Records of the Kay family, related to Sir John Franklin by his marriage to his first wife, Eleanor - 1797-1860FKA - Records of the Kay family, related to Sir John Franklin by his marriage to his first wife, Eleanor - 1797-1860
Expand FLJ - Records of Jane, Lady Franklin nee Griffin, second wife of Sir John Franklin - 1841-1871FLJ - Records of Jane, Lady Franklin nee Griffin, second wife of Sir John Franklin - 1841-1871
Expand FSJ - Records of Sir John Franklin - 1810-[early 20th cent]FSJ - Records of Sir John Franklin - 1810-[early 20th cent]
Expand FWP - Records of William Porden, father-in-law of Sir John Franklin - 1754-1822FWP - Records of William Porden, father-in-law of Sir John Franklin - 1754-1822
Expand GBM - Records of Boyd Pollen Manningham - 1823-1830GBM - Records of Boyd Pollen Manningham - 1823-1830
Expand GEL - Records of Edith Lyttelton Gell - 1880-1937GEL - Records of Edith Lyttelton Gell - 1880-1937
Expand GFK - Records of Frederick Gell - 1840-1869GFK - Records of Frederick Gell - 1840-1869
Expand GHW - Records of Henry Willingham Gell - 1855-1938GHW - Records of Henry Willingham Gell - 1855-1938
Expand GJF - Records of John Franklin Gell - 1872-1873GJF - Records of John Franklin Gell - 1872-1873
Expand GJP - Records of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1836-1897GJP - Records of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1836-1897
Expand GMF - Records of Mary Frances Gell, grand-daughter of Sir John Franklin - 1930-1940GMF - Records of Mary Frances Gell, grand-daughter of Sir John Franklin - 1930-1940
Expand GPH - Records of Reverend Philip Gell - 1844-1870GPH - Records of Reverend Philip Gell - 1844-1870
Expand GPL - Records of Philip Lyttelton Gell, son of John Philip and Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, grandson of Sir John Franklin - 1873-1922GPL - Records of Philip Lyttelton Gell, son of John Philip and Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, grandson of Sir John Franklin - 1873-1922
Expand GPV - Records of Colonel Philip Victor Willingham Gell and his wife Aileen Edith Pauline Gell nee Maunsell - 1896-1976GPV - Records of Colonel Philip Victor Willingham Gell and his wife Aileen Edith Pauline Gell nee Maunsell - 1896-1976
Expand LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
Expand OBJ - Objects collected by members of the Franklin and Gell families - [c350-c1900]OBJ - Objects collected by members of the Franklin and Gell families - [c350-c1900]
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

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