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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
      - 34 - Letters from cousin Mary Anne Kendall (née Kay) to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1847-1856

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/34/4
Former Reference	D3311/122/23
Former Reference	D3287/31/6
Title	Letter from Mary Anne Kendall to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including reference to Eleanor's perseverance in dispute [with Lady Franklin]; with envelope
Date	11 Nov 1849
Description	Thanks for “most interesting” letter; Sir J.R. [John Richardson] gave thanks at Alverstoke; writer does not know how the one outstanding matter will be achieved; the Richardsons going to town; apologies to Eleanor, did not mean to suggest that Eleanor had not made any efforts towards reconciliation; urges Eleanor to be conciliatory and forebearing, will need to be persistent; example of the “Franklin stumpiness” of character; writer’s “high sense of duty”; hopes God will guide any steps which need to be taken. Letter dated only Sunday; 11 Nov 1849 has been added in pencil. Envelope postmarked 18 Nov 1849 and Gosport 19 Nov 1849.
Extent	2 items
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Mary Anne Kendall
Sender Location	Royal Naval College
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	16 Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square, London
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Document
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Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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