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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/1/44/9
Former Reference	D3287/31/1/23
Title	Letter from Marianne Jane Simpkinson to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, thanking Eleanor for her sympathy regarding Marianne's conversion to Catholicism
Date	[1852]
Description	She asks Eleanor to bring Edward with her on Tuesday to make 12 at dinner; thanks Eleanor for her note and her kindness and sympathy; some people treat her as if she were guilty of a very great crime; she is glad she had the courage to openly join the church which she believed to be the true one [the Roman Catholic church] and where her sympathies had been for a long time; she feels she has left darkness for light; she assures her that she [Marianne] is not bigoted or intolerant, and prays she will not be so in the future; she has acted conscientiously and done what she believes to be right. Franklin is to be told she has not forgotten a birthday present for him, a horse she promised. Dated only Friday evening.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Marianne Jane Simpkinson
Sender Location	Unknown
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	Unknown
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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