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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
18 - Letters from Sir John Richardson and his third wife Mary to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1848-1856
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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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