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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
FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828
3 - Manuscripts in hand of Eleanor Anne Porden - 1809-1823
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEP/3/1
Former Reference
D3311/25/2/1-12
Title
Manuscript writings collected together under "Peter Plod"
Date
[1809]
Description
Verse and letters on the romance of Peter Plod, a bachelor potato merchant, and Polly Brown, for whom Miss Porden acts as some sort of go-between; some items addressed to Miss Brown or Miss Porden of Berners Street. Two sheets watermarked 1806 and 1807, two postmarked for 14 Mar 1808 and Feb 1809
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12 items
Level
File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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