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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
      - 12 - Correspondence between cousins Catherine Franklin, later Rawnsley, and Eleanor Isabella Franklin later Gell - 1832-1855

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/12/1
Former Reference	D3287/32/1/11
Title	Letter from Catherine and Willingham Franklin to their cousin Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Date	5 Mar 1832
Description	Catherine: they have been very busy and unable to write, with hopes of hearing about Tunbridge (including reference to little book about a donkey who goes there) and the Nottingham meadows being covered with purple crocuses. Willingham: having been to Aspley and Gedling that Christmas, Apsley being where Uncle Burnside lives, with news of Nottingham Castle having been burned down by the mob (while the Kays were at Gedling)
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Catherine A. and Willingham Franklin
Sender Location	Nottingham
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	Mrs Cracroft's, Post Office, Tunbridge, Kent
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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