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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
      - 31 - Letters from Henrietta Weekes Wright (née Franklin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1849-1855

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/31/2
Former Reference	D3287/31/13
Title	Letter from Henrietta W. Wright to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, including reference to Sir James Ross's return from his unsuccessful search and the Esquimaux sighting of ships
Date	8 Nov [1849]
Description	Only dated 8 Nov, but Sir James Clarke Ross returned form his search expedition in November 1849.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Henrietta Weeks Wright
Sender Location	Wrangle Vicarage [Boston, Lincolnshire]
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	16 Upper Seymour Street [in pencil]
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Document
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Term	Inuit
	Ethnic groups
	Indigenous populations
	Franklin Expedition (1845)
Transcript or Index	(in pencil) to 16 Upper Seymour St Nov.ber 8th Wrangle Vicarage My dear Eleanor,, I was on the point of writing to tell you I had seen some report in the St. James’s Chronicle of the arrival etc of Sir James Ross from his unsucessful search for my dear Brother and his party when your kind letter arrived. It is indeed charitable to set my mind at rest, as any subject as far as you can – it is constantly at work about your dear Father, when it is not weighed down with various other cares and anxieties. Still I do not give up all hope, the Esquimaux might is possible miscalculate the time the ships were in the Inlet or they might mistake the number of ships. Being however forewarned of the treachery and falsehood of the Esquimaux despair will sometimes fight against Hope, but she has a strong anchor made fast to the Rock of ages, and I am very unwilling to lose sight of such a stay – If however the worst come, that he who is so dear to us is to be seen no more may we be able to yield su[b]missively to God’s will. How much better would it have been for Jane to have waited patiently in London until this time – surely you, and all your dear Father’s Sisters, have as strong and unfeigned a love for him, tho’ we have not striven to make ourselves so conspicious. Neither in my opinion is it proper in women to do so – it is unbecoming that modesty recommended in scripture, as the peculiar grace of a woman. I feel persuaded you will do all you can to see Mary, but remember I do not ask what you are not able under your present trying circumstances to perform. I thank God you have got so kind and good a protector in your Husband. Say everything kind for me to Sir John Richardson, tell him my dear Mary is under Dr Marshall Hall’s care – please- Ever believe me with love to your Husband from all Your affect.te Aunt Henrietta Wright.

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