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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
      - 19 - Letters from Thomas Willingham Booth to his cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1850

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/19/2
Former Reference	D3311/122/20
Title	Letter from Thomas Willingham Booth to his cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, relating to deed Eleanor is hoping to find
Date	8 Feb [1850]
Description	Receipt of letter from Mr Sellwood on his not knowing whereabouts of settlement of Mrs Hessing's property; if Macintosh does not have deed, it may be among her father's papers; the trustees wil be cautious; pleased at the tone of the debate in the House of Commons on the Arctic Expedition and glad that another searching party will be sent via Lancaster Sound. Dated only 8 Feb, but year 1850 added in pencil. There was a debate in the House on 5 Feb 1850, where it was announced that an expedition would be sent eastwards by Lancaster Sound,
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Thomas Willingham Booth
Sender Location	Friskney
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)
Term	Arctic regions

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