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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/34/3 |
| Former Reference | D3287/31/4/3 |
| Title | Letter from Mary Anne Kendall to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, on her appointmemt as Matron of the Royal Naval Coillege in Portsmouth and news on her son Franklin Kendall |
| Date | 31 Jul 1849 |
| Description | Has been appointed Matron of Royal Naval College in Portsmouth Docks; offered appointment by Captain Eden; appointed because she was the “widow of an old polar officer who had done good service and a niece of Sir J. Franklin” and having “peculiar claims upon the Govt. at this moment”; salary of £70 with 3 rooms, no coal allowance but coals will be supplied, and 30 candles per month; has been very occupied with Fn [Franklin Kendall] since his return; will speak to Eleanor in confidence when in town, in confidence for the sake of the boy; Sir E. and Mr Walpole have both urged caution; wants to see Mr Gell who has been “so kind to Franklin”; wants more than just the “child’s report”; does not want Mr Gell to go to the steward yet; making an affidavit for the Court of Chancery, so in a hurry; Mama was annoyed because Eleanor knew about the appointment before she did; had been unable to think of anything else other than Franklin; pleased that Eleanor’s husband likely to be appointed to St Mary’s Church, Bryanston Square. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Mary Anne Kendall |
| Sender Location | Alverstoke |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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