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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/36/6 |
| Former Reference | D3287/31/7/11 |
| Title | Letter from Ellen Lydia Kay to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including references to the murder of John Price by convicts in Australia |
| Date | 31 Aug 1857 |
| Description | Had not known of Eleanor's whereabouts until Godfrey had told them she had gone northwards and Mrs Long said she was in [?]Snathpethers; hope she and Mr Gell had been able to leave Edinburgh after Mary's recovery; asking for news of Mrs Price, having got accounts from both of the writer's brothers, William and Henry, of Mr Price's murder, with injunction from Frances to let her know; expectation reported that Mrs Price will get a pension from the Victorian Government and that she has property settled on her and her children for £2000. There has been little printed on the expeditions due to the news from India, which has diverted attention. |
| Extent | 2 sheets |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Unknown |
| Sender Location | 1 Norfolk Road Villas |
| 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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| Term | Colonialism |
| British Empire |
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| Australia | |