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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/34/9 |
| Former Reference | D3311/122/15 |
| Title | Letter from Mary Anne Kendall to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including on hearing of Eleanor's reconciliation with Lady Franklin |
| Date | 29 Nov 1854 |
| Description | Refers to Eleanor’s pressing concerns; illness of Eleanor’s baby was hardly surprising when Eleanor was anxious herself whilst nursing and weaning the baby; very pleased to hear of Eleanor’s reconciliation with Lady F.; has not heard from Lady F. directly; only via Maria and via Eleanor’s note; glad that writer’s sisters will be able to help Eleanor in her “new sphere of labour”; Eleanor’s “new responsibilities” eased because “suspense had become certainty”; Franklin home from school because of scarlet fever; think about one subject all the time; reading “the Times” to the exclusion of everything else; wondering how it will all end; everything is affected by war; not been to Haslar for weeks; Mary and Franklin have been there and found everything as usual; does not have any news for Eleanor about anyone Eleanor knows; everything is well with them, Mary and writer send best love to Eleanor and her “chicks” and “kindest regards” to Eleanor’s husband.
Paper black-edged. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| 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 | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Format | Document |
| Copies | A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Term | Franklin Expedition (1845) |