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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/39/8 |
| Former Reference | D3287/31/1/37-38 |
| Title | Letter from Lady Mary Simpkinson to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin. prior to Eleanor's marriage to John Philip Gell: with envelope |
| Date | 9 Aug 1849 |
| Description | Marianne brought down yesterday the news that Mr Gell was in possession of the promise (but nothing more) of the District Church in Marylebone; Mary congratulates both of them; Marianne has also told her that they have taken a house in Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square, which sounds very grand, but Eleanor must know what she can afford. She cannot write herself as one of her fingers on her right hand tied up with a poultice. She is in posession of the house, as her sister and Mr. M. went off to Boulogne yesterday until 1 September; she will not stya long, but will set off for North Wales with her brother on about the 22nd. She askes whether Eleanor and Mr Gell can come down for a few days; Sir F. and her father (hopefully) will be coming on Saturday. A letter from Eleanor's Mama has arrived for her from Lerwick in Scotland; she went first to Edinburgh and met an acquaintance from Australia and an American; she has been met with kindness and hospitality. She asks what Eleanor thinks of John's engagement; it was unexpected for her; she knows very little of Dorry ("pity she has such a silly name"), but believes she is a very nice girl; "all the world is of the same marrying mania this year". Marianne sends her love, and she sends her own to Mr Gell.
Letter undated; 10 Aug 1859 added in pencil; envelope stamped at Halstead 9 Aug 1849 and on back 10 Aug 1849 |
| Extent | 2 items |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | Mary Simpkinson |
| Sender Location | Hedingham Castle [Essex] |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | 2 Suffolk Place, Pall Mall East, London |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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