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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
      - 33 - Letters from Sarah Henrietta Kay (née Porden) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - 1838-1856

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/33/1
Former Reference	D3287/32/1/9
Title	Letter from Sarah Henrietta Kay to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, mainly on family news, including reference to wagon accident involving Sir John Franklin in Tasmania
Date	19-24 Dec 1838
Description	Pressures of a large family have prevented her writing before; thanks for her last letter; good that she is able to correspond with her maternal relatives, whom she knew so little before her departure; concerns about her health, with Lady Franklin having added at the end of Eleanor's letter that Eleanor is very stout, needing exercise; congratulations on the marriage of Mary Franklin and Mr Price; remembrance to Sophia Cracroft, not mentioned in her letter; receipt of letters from cousin Henry [Kay], anxious for promotion; glad that Sir John escaped so well in the overturn of the wagon with Mr Elliott
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Sarah Henrietta Kay
Sender Location	Gower Street
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	Government House, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania]
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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