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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/52/22 |
| Former Reference | D3287/31/9/49-50 |
| Title | Letter from Maria Gawler to Eleanor Isabella Gell, on her taking care of Eleanor's child, John Franklin Gell |
| Date | 26 Sep 1853 |
| Description | References to Eleanor's child Franklin being under her charge, well and happy, with the weak point in his walking being the hips; the young boy is too fat and heavy for his limbs; she and Colonel Gawler thinks his diet should be of the most nourishing and least fattening description; he is receiving baths, and she hopes they can try him in the open sea; referring to Julia not letting her children do the same at Brighton; Franklin is a sweet-natured child, who has won the heart of Colonel Gawler. |
| Extent | 2 sheets |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Maria Gawler |
| Sender Location | Bognor |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Copies | Digital copies of these items can be viewed on the public computers at the record office in the Digital Repository, Archive Copies (arranged by reference) folder. |
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