John Philip Gell (1816-1898), Secretary of the Tasmanian Society, first Warden of Christ College, Hobart, and later husband of Eleanor Franklin, daughter of the Polar explorer
- Date:
- 1843
- Reference:
- MS.7830/13
- Part of:
- Miscellany: Australasia, Indonesia and the Pacific, 18th-20th centuries
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
1 autograph letter, signed, to James Backhouse in York, concerning the Tasmanian Museum built at the expense of Jane, Lady Franklin (1792-1875), the Governor's wife.
Publication/Creation
1843
Physical description
1 item
Related material
For further material on members of the Backhouse family see the Hodgkin family papers (WMS/PP/HO).
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
Where to find it
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