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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/52/31
Former ReferenceD3287/31/18
TitleLetter from Elizabeth F.S. Harris to Eleanor Isabella Franklin, relating to Elizabeth's personal struggles about Roman Catholicism
Date[Jan 1848]
DescriptionThanks for her note and kind interest; she does not think she can yet return to the church [i.e Anglican], as she is still struggling with the thoughts of apostacy and excommunication; she hopes Eleanor's "present indisposition" of anxiety is only temporrary. Elizabeth adds after her signature "Named in Religion, M. Magdalen Margaret". Only dated Monday afternoon.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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SenderElizabeth F.S. Harris
Sender LocationWallingford
RecipientEleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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