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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
52 - Letters from other correspondents to Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - [c1836-1858]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/1/52/46
Former Reference
D3287/31/11
Title
Letter from Lady Maria Hooker to Eleanor Isabella Gell, relating to the imprisonment of her son Joseph Hooker
Date
22 Jan [1850]
Description
Thanks for Eleanor's sympathy over her son, who has assured her that he is safe and expects to be released [Joseph Hooker had been imprisoned in Nov 1849 in Sikkim, while on expedition in the Himalayas]. Letter only dated 22 Jan, but 1850 has been added in pencil
Extent
1 sheet
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender
Maria Hooker
Sender Location
Kew
Recipient
Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location
16 Upper Seymour Street [in pencil]
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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