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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
      - 6 - Letters from mother-in-law Elizabeth Gell (née Dod) to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1849-1857

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/6/8
Former Reference	D3287/1/10/7/2
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, on arrangements before the birth of one of Eleanor's children [Philip Lyttelton Gell]
Date	6 Apr 1852
Description	Hoping Eleanor is as well as when last seen and John’s back pain is gone; wishes that she would have a “proper nurse” with her for her “confinement”, would be better for the baby’s sake and also less anxiety for John, with less “lifting and carrying” for him; happy to pay for such a person; wonders if Lizzy told her that a flannel dress had been cut out using Eleanor’s pattern and wonders if four will be sufficient; washing instructions come from a lady who has a large family but whose flannel dresses still stay a “good colour and not thickened”; old Mr Borrowes of Clapham has died, Mr Gell is to conduct the funeral but will not preach the sermon; Mr Gell troubled about “this Canterbury affair”, hopes that John will not take the appointment; arrangements for “Carry” to come to them; God’s blessings on Eleanor “in a time of troubles”; arrangements for arrival of their grandson, being met by a “very respectable young woman”.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Elizabeth Gell
Sender Location	Duffield Bank
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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