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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
      - 36 - Letters to Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell, from cousins in the Kay family - 1838-1857

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/36/5
Former Reference	D3287/31/11
Title	Letter from Sarah Frances Kay to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Franklin, mainly on family news, including reference to the search ship H.M.S. Plover
Date	[1848]
Description	Not having heard from Lady Franklin and Eleanor since they went to Harrow; aunt Kay being ill and unable to leave her bed; Eleanor being about to go Alverstoke to see Mary Anne [Kendall]; the pleasure of having Eleanor's company over the winter; wanting to know about the Plover, which had been delayed due to its leakiness [it left England in Jan 1848];S ettling the affairs of her father after his death [Joseph Kay]. Letter undated, but "?1847" added in pencil, but 1848 more likely as the year. Paper black-edged.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Sarah Frances Kay
Sender Location	Robert R. Kays, Esq., Friars Hill, Guestling near Hastings
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
Format	Document
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Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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