Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the health of the younger Gell children, while the rest of the Gell family are away in Scotland Pleased to receive pleasant news about them all this morning, Philip pleased and thanks Eleanor [child] for her letter, thanks to Franklin for his letter to Mary; Mary is ill and cannot write back; Mary and Baby suffering from diarrhoea, Baby is getting better but Dr Williams has treated Mary, thinks it is worms and has given Mary worm powder, then castor oil 2 hours later, thinks she will recover soon; doctor prescribed a poultice for the angry “place” on Baby’s cheek, can only do this when Baby is asleep, also gave him a dose of “grey powder”for diarrhoea; will let her know about Mary when she has Eleanor’s address; Philip is well, cannot tell that he has a cold; John wants to know about Frederick and Harriet, have not heard from them since they sailed to Ostend; thinks letter have been lost, Frederick planning to ask for letters at the Poste Restante in Bonn, so they had sent one there; waiting anxiously every day for news; asking God to keep them safe; love to “all your circle”, hoping they are enjoying the “land of Lakes and Mountains”. 8 Aug 1857