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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/44/9 |
Former Reference | D3287/31/1/23 |
Title | Letter from Marianne Jane Simpkinson to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, thanking Eleanor for her sympathy regarding Marianne's conversion to Catholicism |
Date | [1852] |
Description | She asks Eleanor to bring Edward with her on Tuesday to make 12 at dinner; thanks Eleanor for her note and her kindness and sympathy; some people treat her as if she were guilty of a very great crime; she is glad she had the courage to openly join the church which she believed to be the true one [the Roman Catholic church] and where her sympathies had been for a long time; she feels she has left darkness for light; she assures her that she [Marianne] is not bigoted or intolerant, and prays she will not be so in the future; she has acted conscientiously and done what she believes to be right. Franklin is to be told she has not forgotten a birthday present for him, a horse she promised. Dated only Friday evening. |
Extent | 1 sheet |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Sender | Marianne Jane Simpkinson |
Sender Location | Unknown |
Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
Recipient Location | Unknown |
Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |