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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
    - 1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - 1828-1859
      - 2 - Letters from Jane, Lady Franklin (née Griffin) to her stepdaughter Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - 1828-1849

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/2/20
Former Reference	D3311/122/4
Title	Letter from Lady Franklin to her step-daughter Eleanor Isabella Gell, not long after Eleanor's marriage to John Philip Gell, including praise of Sophia Cracroft
Date	4 Jul [1849]
Description	Including on Eleanor acquiring a place at Suffolk Place, better than Cecil Street, the worst she knows of it being the noise of carriages; her wish for the portrait of Sir John Franklin to take its place at Bedford Place, with the longer its being with Eleanor the less she will want to part with it; she will write to Aunt Simpkinson to send William or Charles for it; she wants to correct Eleanor's misunderstanding of her letter to Mr Gell about her response to people's expressions of sympathy and reactions to Lady Franklin's private expedition, and the "glowing words" she finds in her letters, quoting a couple of examples; she feels it her duty to add a few words about Sophy Cracoft, "who cannot speak for herself", quoting a letter to Sophy praising her conduct: Lady Franklin is pleased for her mother's sake how much her loyalty and devotion has been appreciated. She left behind the document of Mr Sellwood and omitted to say that she intended Drummond to start payment of the allowance from 3 Sep. There are two pictures she can spare Eleanor without any self-denial, as she does not like them. She will see to getting a box filled with books [Only the date 4 July is given in the text, but 1849 has been added in pencil, which links with the context.]
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Jane Franklin
Sender Location	Hedingham Castle
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Document
Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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