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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
42 - Letters from Sarah Dorothea (colloquially known as Dora) Simpkinson (née Vaughan), wife of John Nassau Simpkinson, to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1851-1857
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/1/42/4
Former Reference
D3287/31/2
Title
Letter from Dora Simpkinson to Eleanor Isabella Gell
Date
[c1855]
Description
Will be dining tomorrow at 5.30; the pony carriage will be meet her at 4 o'clock. Glad to see her and her husband but sad without her darling; they seem to miss her more than ever, with the house so dull. Only dated Monday night. Paper black-edged.
Extent
1 sheet
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender
Dora Simpkinson
Sender Location
No address
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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