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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
      - 25 - Letters from Mary Price (née Franklin) to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Franklin later Gell - 1842-1852

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/25/3
Former Reference	D3287/31/7/15
Title	Letter from Mary Price to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Franklin, including on the Prices not knowing whether they will return to Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania], and on the death of Sir Eardley Wilmot
Date	[1847]
Description	Letter is undated; "1844?" has been added in pencil at top, but the reference to the death of Sir E. Wilmot (who died on 3 Feb 1847) makes 1847 more likely as a year.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Mary Price
Sender Location	Norfolk Island
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Term	Colonialism
	British Empire
	Letters (documents)
Transcript or Index	Letter from Mrs Price Norfolk Island 1844 (in pencil) My dear Eleanor I always promise you long letters but by some means or other I generally contrive to write short ones – my scribble to you this time will not be very long as the size of my paper sufficiently indicates. Many thanks to you for your two kind notes – I send you a small collection of ferns & a picture which I must beg you to return to Sophy as it belonged to poor Tom. It was brought with us here by mistake and I have not had till now an opportunity of sending it back. I cannot tell you anything about our plans – We are very unsettled at present. I trust that a few months more will decide whether we return to V.D. Land or not. Great changes have taken place in V.D.L. since we left it. Mr Fraser has lost his situation; also Dr Turnbull & I believe Mr Power. You may perhaps have heard of Sir E. Wilmot’s death. He was sadly used by the home Govt. He never held up his head after the disgrace put upon him. Freddy sends his love to you. You would not know him were you to see him now – he will be as tall as I am, if he grows at the same rate he has done since he has been here. I had intended writing to my Uncle by this ship but I find I have not time. I shall postpone my letter to the next vessel & enclose to you. Give my love to Anne Weld and Uncle Sellwood & Emily when you see them. I enclose a small parcel to Uncle Booth which I must beg you to have conveyed to him or rather will you give it to him when you see him. I must now conclude my dear Eleanor – Mr Price & myself unite in kind love to you Believe me Ever your affectionate cousin M Price.

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Australia
Tasmania

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