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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
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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