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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/18/2 |
| Former Reference | D3287/53/5 |
| Title | Letter from Mary Richardson, third wife of Sir John Richardson, to Eleanor Isabella Gell, including reference to shipwreck of the Calypso |
| Date | 1 Oct [1849] |
| Description | Dated Monday 1 Oct, but 1849 has been added in pencil at top. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | Mary Richardson |
| Sender Location | Haslar |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Transcript or Index | Transcript
My dear Mrs Gell
I send you the part of Mis Eyre’s note relating to the sad report of the loss of the Calypso; I am very sorry that it is so little satisfactory but probably nothing certain was known, at Wellington on the 18th of March.
My little invalid is much better and may I trust be himself again before Papa appears. The rainy weather has prevented my going to see Mrs Kendall in her new quarters where I hear she is comfortably established and as usual making the best of it. She deserves to be happy, she is so resolved not to be miserable. You remember seeing Mr [?]Battersby here, he is about to leave his curacy at Gosport and a social tea party is given in his honour, tomorrow evening when all classes are admitted for 1/6 each. I am going with Josephine Mrs [?]Desorrolt and Jack. We each take our own tea spoons. It is patronised by the High Church Clergy but quite according to my principles – I don’t know exactly how we are to be amused after tea.
With kind regards to Mr Gell, believe me to be affectionately yours
M Richardson
Haslar
Monday October 1st |
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