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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
- 50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/50/19
Title	Personal letter from Sir William Gell to Philip Gell `My dear Brother': Has arrived in the furthest corner of the earth [Falmouth]; delighted with the Fall of Janot which leaves all the peninsula to the south of the Ebro to English and accounts for a good 60 or 70,000 of the French. Falmouth climate very wet; waiting to go on board The Forester Capt. Richards 6 Sep
Date	1808
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Gell; Sir; William (1777-1836); Diplomat and antiquarian of Hopton.

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