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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
49 - Letters from the Beaufort family to Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - 1848-1857
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/1/49/2
Former Reference
D3287/31/18
Title
Letter from Emily A. Beaufort to her friend Eleanor Isabella Franklin, on assorted news, including the departure of Bishop Nixon to Australia
Date
21 Jan 1848
Description
Friday evening. Thanks for her letter and kind expressions; hopes to talk to her soon rather than only through letters; references to Eleanor being with Louisa, hearing from Lady Gardiner about the start of the voyage of the Bishop [Nixon] from England to Tasmania, and to reading Rest in the Church by Miss H. [Harris]. At the top "Lady Strangford" has been added in pencil.
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2 sheets
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Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender
Emily A. Beaufort
Sender Location
No address
Recipient
Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location
No address
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term
Colonialism
British Empire
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Smythe; Emily Anne (1826-1887); Viscountess Strangford; author and military nurse
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Type
Australia
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