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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/6/1
Former Reference	D3287/1/10/8
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, soon after Eleanor's marriage to John Philip Gell
Date	11 Jun 1849
Description	Best wishes and prayers for Eleanor and John’s happiness; invitation from her brother Sim [brother-in-law Henry Sim], via Mr Griffin, for them to visit Wingham, Aunt Sim [Harriet] wants to know when to expect them; Harriet and Caroline have arrived safely at Clifton; Mr and Mrs Hayne going to Torquay for a week; weather has been cold and they have had to light fires; Frederick thinks that Lady Franklin may not be going to America, but he cannot remember exactly what he heard; Frederick going to Tunbridge [Wells] to preach, father gone to Town to vote at Bible Society meeting about how to open its public meetings; love from her brother and sister and from Frederick as well.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Elizabeth Gell
Sender Location	Wingham
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth