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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
20 - Letters from Isabella Cracroft (née Franklin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - 1841-1852
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/1/20/7
Former Reference
D3287/31/3/27
Title
Letter from Isabella Cracroft to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, sending three tiny boots prior to the birth of a second child to the Gells
Date
7 May [1851]
Description
She is sending three pairs of tiny boots, which she hopes Eleanor will like, the smallest size being perhaps most useful at first. They are hoping for joyful tidings and she hopes Eleanor continues to enjoy good health, if she does not relish much walking or carriage exercise. She hopes her husband regains his health and strength, and she sends their daughter many kisses. Emma leaves them tomorrow for Bedford Place, and is unlikely to be in time to see Eleanor before the arrival of her young stranger; Emma Simpkinson gives a favourable report of her father; Lady S. is not likely to be entirely restored to health. She is glad Eleanor is going to spend a holiday at Clifton, which Isabella knew in former days as a charming, refreshing spot. She wonders whther Sir James Douglas and his family are still living at Clifton, not seen since they parted in Guernsey; Emma may again meet with Mr Shotto Douglas, who is living at London and rising at the Bar; they were on the point of writing to the their friends, the Bloomfields, when Eleanor's letter arrived; they generally spend their holidays in Brighton or London and would have probably been glad to secure Mr Gell's services.
Dated only 7 May, but 1851 has been added in pencil [a son, John Franklin Gell, would be born on 12 May 1851].
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1 sheet
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Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender
Isabella Cracroft
Sender Location
Winchester
Recipient
Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location
16 Upper Seymour Street [in pencil]
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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