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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/52/75
Former ReferenceD3287/31/12
TitleLetter from M.A. Roberts to Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the genealogy of the Porden family: with envelope
Date4 Apr 1855
DescriptionOn the genealogy of the Porden family; the late George Field, Mr and Mrs Porden, Mr William Bond the engraver, and Mr J. Linnell Bond the architect, were on intimate terms; Mrs Field was the widow of an officer when she married George; he promises her letters after the sale; with Mr Field being a literary gentleman, there are hundreds of letters to read; in the sale is a ring inscribed with a memorial inscription for Eleanor Anne Franklin; he often heard of Miss Porden being in Mr Field's society at the time her Coeur de Lion was published in 1822. Envelope postmarked for Brentford 4 Apr 1855
Extent2 sheets
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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SenderM.A. Roberts
Sender LocationSyon Hill Park [Brentford in pencil]
RecipientEleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient LocationSt John's Lodge, Notting Hill
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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