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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/1/18/5
Former Reference	D3311/56/1/1
Title	Letter from Sir John Richardson to Eleanor Isabella Gell, advising her with regard to the Admiralty's policy on search expeditions
Date	19 Jan 1854
Description	Advising her to accept what the Admiralty makes public what it decides to do and to act under proper legal advice; he suggests Mr Tilney, one of the Masters in Chancery, an intimate friend of her father's. There is a pencil note in later hand at the top saying the letter refers to the necessity of preventing Lady Franklin from spending money in the search for Sir John Franklin, which if he were dead, would be the property of his daughter.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	John Richardson
Sender Location	Haslar Hospital, Gosport
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
Format	Document
Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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