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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
      - 11 - Correspondence between Elizabeth Franklin and her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - 1837-1849

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/11/4
Former Reference	D3287/31/8
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Franklin to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, during the latter's residence in Tasmania, including references to Antarctic expedition of Captain James Ross, memorial for Matthew Flinders and engagement of Emily Sellwood to Alfred Tennyson
Date	2 Jul 1841
Description	Aunt's pleasure in receiving letter, own health is poor; Aunt refers to Eleanor's description of the arrival of Captain Ross; laying of first stone for Government House, etc., and a Regatta; Sir John Franklin's increase in salary, hoping that this doesn’t mean they will stay longer than the intended 5 years in Van Dieman's Land [now Tasmania]; reference to "second childhood" of her Aunt Flinders, purchase of "Betsey Island", naming of geographical discoveries after relatives etc., memorial to Captain Flinders to be erected in "Port Lincoln", bogus/very distant 'cousin' of Captain Flinders; hope for a pension for Sir John Franklin when he returns to Britain; General Election in Britain "now raging", Conservative Ministry is "looked forward to"; lots of people riding around in carriages, phaetons, etc., nowadays; birthday wishes; Catharine's engagement to Mr Rawnsley; Willingham going to College in October; Anne Sellwood visiting Bedford Place in London, Emily an invalid due to "foolish engagement" with Mr A. Tennyson, Louisa Turner separated from her husband; other family news; hope that Mary Price and babies are well Handwriting difficult to read. Postmarked Horncastle 14 July 1841 with various others for Dec 1841. Also marked as answered 9 Feb 1842.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Elizabeth Franklin
Sender Location	Union Street, Horncastle [Lincolnshire]
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	c/o Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N., Lieutenant Governor, Van Diemen's Land
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term	Elections

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