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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
41 - Letters from John Nassau Simpkinson to his cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell - [1854]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/1/41/1
Former Reference
D3311/122/14
Title
Letter from John Nassau Simpkinson to his cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including reference to her improved relations with Lady Franklin
Date
4 Dec [1854]
Description
Obliged for getting letter from her on her improved relations with her aunt, having made friends; she is welcome to have any right of ownership he might possess to the pedestal of the Cupid; when in London in a fortnight hoping to find her settled in their new home in B.[Bedford] Place, a great improvement on Seymour Street; views on the siege of Sebastopol. Only dated 4 Dec, but 1854 added in pencil, which fits context of letter
Extent
1 sheet
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender
John Nassau Simpkinson
Sender Location
Oban
Recipient
Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location
No address
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format
Document
Term
Franklin Expedition (1845)
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Simpkinson; John Nassau (1817-1894); Anglican clergyman and teacher
Gell; Eleanor Isabella (1824-1860); daughter of explorer Sir John Franklin
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