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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/39/1 |
| Former Reference | D3287/31/1/48 |
| Title | Letter from Lady Mary Simpkinson to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, including references to Lady Mary's sister, Lady Franklin |
| Date | 20 Jun [1832] |
| Description | She has not written for some time, or heard from Eleanor, but hopes she has not forgotten her and still thinks of her with affection. Lady Jane loves Eleanor very much and writes about her in her letters. Lady Jane and Sir John are in Malta, Frank Simpkinson has gone to Malta too, although he is not on HMS Rainbow but on HMS Britannia. Sir John's friend Captain Rideout asks about her when she sees him. She would like to see Eleanor as it is nearly 2 years since she went away. She has a good account of her from Aunt Franklin. Uncle Simpkinson and Grandpapa send love. She is sending a book marker to Eleanor which she bought at a Fancy Fair for the benefit of 'Poor Foreigners in distress'.
Dated 20 June; year 1834 added in pencil, but likely to be 1832, as Frank Simpkinson joined H.M.S. Britannia in March 1832. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | Mary Simpkinson |
| Sender Location | Hedingham Castle [Essex] |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Franklin |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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