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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
      - 15 - Letters from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1849-1858

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/15/20
Former Reference	D3287/32/4/4
Title	Letter from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, on visits and assorted family news
Date	25 Apr [1855]
Description	Has arrived from Shiplake this morning having stayed longer with Catharine; travelled with Catharine to Paddington; has been to see niece's children, going to have tea with the boys; sympathises that Eleanor is still "harrassed with unprofitable correspondence", must trust to God; prospect of Catharine Cracroft marrying clergyman, with hope that wedding will not be like Emma's, which she believed was of an "improper and unfeeling character"; Sir John Richardson passed over in favour of a junior, J Liddle, and offered Greenwich (vacated by Liddle), which caused Richardson to resign; love to nephew; love from Franklin; Franklin and Phillip happy to come to see her Letter only dated 25 April, but 1855 has been added in pencil; the reference to John Richardson's resignation from Haslar Hospital confirms it as 1855. Paper black-edged.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Hannah Booth
Sender Location	26 Notting Hill Terrace
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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