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Letter from John Griffin to Eleanor Isabella Franklin. including references to the...

Catalogue reference: D8760/F/FEG/1/37/2

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D8760/F/FEG/1/37/2

Title

Letter from John Griffin to Eleanor Isabella Franklin. including references to the return of Lady Franklin to Tasmania after her travels in Australia

Date

2 Nov 1842

Description

Receipt of letter at Tunbridge where they are staying until the middle of the month, with Emma being unwell; last August they made another tour in Germany, visiting the baths and returning home by Antwerp; glad to hear her Mama has returned safely from her perils and privations; thanks for account of the New College, for which he wishes success.

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Derbyshire Record Office
Former department reference

D3287/32/1/12

Creator(s)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Physical description

1 sheet

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a34f481b-f563-4736-8669-d6ee5ae8ed50/

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D8760/F/FEG

Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin...

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Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin

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Within the sub-sub-series: D8760/F/FEG/1/37

Letters from John Griffin, father of Lady Franklin, to Eleanor Isabella Gell

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Letter from John Griffin to Eleanor Isabella Franklin. including references to the return of Lady Franklin to Tasmania after her travels in Australia