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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
      - 44 - Letters from Marianne Jane Simpkinson to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - [c1830-1857]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/44/6
Former Reference	D3311/122/8
Former Reference	D3311/122/41
Title	Letter, with envelope, from Marianne Jane Simpkinson to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, urging her to visit in the face of opposition from Lady Franklin
Date	[7 Nov 1850]
Description	Marian and Frank shall be happy to dine with Eleanor tomorrow. She is sorry Eleanor will not come to them tomorrow, as she does not admit the validity of the reasons she gives; she is sure Aunt F. would prefer Eleanor to stay away, but "what has she got to do with it?"; the house is not hers nor she its mistress, and Eleanor's not coming acknowledges Aunt F. has a right to ask or exclude, which Marianne denies she has; her staying in Bedford Place for months while they were away and asking people to stay with her, all at Marian's grandfather's expense is so very mean and disgusting that she is glad Eleanor had nothing to do with it and had not been asked by Aunt F. to the house. Aunt F. and Sophy are 'making great fools of themselves in the eyes of the world' and those that flatter them do not mean half what they say. Mr Phillatt gave a more favourable account of Eleanor the other day and said the baby (noted in pencil in later hand as Eleanor Wiseman nee Gell) was thriving. The date 7 Nov 1850 is marked in pencil at top. Envelope clearly marked
Extent	2 items
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Marianne Jane Simpkinson
Sender Location	Charlton
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	16 Upper Seymour Streer, Portman Square
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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