Papers of the Gell and Franklin families (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M377-380, M390] 1800-1955
- Bib ID:
- 1870666
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
- 5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Summary:
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The papers include : papers of Rev. J.P. Gell and his wife including letters to Eleanor Isabella from Sir John and Lady Franklin and papers about the Queen's School and Christ's College. Correspondents include Ronald C. Gunn of Hobart. Notebooks and diaries, including a diary describing Gell's voyage to Van Diemen's Land on the convict ship Runnymede in 1839-40. Papers of Sir John and Lady Franklin including private and official correspondence of Sir John while Governor of Van Diemen's Land, a letter from Matthew Flinders, 1812, and a series of letters from Sir John to Dr John Richardson, surgeon and naturalist. Also includes letters written by Franklin aboard the Investigator. M390 consists of only three frames, a note on the contents of the Gell archives.
- Biography/History:
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Sir John Franklin served under Flinders on the Investigator, was a polar explorer and Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania, 1836-1843. Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875) was his second wife. Rev. John Philip Gell (1816-98) was headmaster of Queen's School, Hobart from 1839 and Warden of Christ's College from 1846. In 1849 he married Eleanor Isabella Franklin (1825-60), daughter of Sir John Franklin.
- Notes:
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- Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
- National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M377-380, M390.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-742422116
- Microfilm copy of originals held at Derbyshire Record Office, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.
- Cited In:
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- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A81
- Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 66, p. 38.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Descriptive list (11 p.) appears at the beginning of M377.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1800-1955
- Other authors/contributors:
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This belongs to the Miscellaneous Series (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
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