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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/6/15 |
| Former Reference | D3287/1/10/2/3 |
| Title | Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, before the Gells travel to France |
| Date | 29 Jun 1855 |
| Description | Very pleased to welcome the two boys and their nurses on 14th July until the end of August when they will be going to be away from home themselves; hopes that they will all enjoy Paris and will find it not too hot but relaxing and with “shady walks for the children”; neighbour George Strutt suffered from the heat in France and was ill for six months afterwards; sorry to hear about Mina, glad she did not get hold of the “marking ink”, relief to have got rid of her, would have been afraid to leave E[leanor] with her whilst away, the expressions she used when Eleanor told her off at church showed that she could not be trusted; Frederick and Mr Nicholson left to go and vote for the Margaret’s professors of Divinity; can the nurse bring some packages, if the writer orders them, with the children?; sorry to hear about Sir Edward Parry, Mr Hankinson says Sir Edward has gone to “Ems”; delightful summer weather but concerned about soldiers “in the East” suffering from the heat; G.M. Tagore’s wife’s health, returning to India soon, love to John and children.
PS: Father does not know M. Monod, so cannot arrange an introduction. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Elizabeth Gell |
| Sender Location | Duffield Bank |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |