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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
    - 1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - 1828-1859
      - 6 - Letters from mother-in-law Elizabeth Gell (née Dod) to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1849-1857

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/6/18
Former Reference	D3287/1/10/1/2
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the health of the younger Gell children, while the rest of the Gell family are away in Scotland
Date	8 Aug 1857
Description	Pleased to receive pleasant news about them all this morning, Philip pleased and thanks Eleanor [child] for her letter, thanks to Franklin for his letter to Mary; Mary is ill and cannot write back; Mary and Baby suffering from diarrhoea, Baby is getting better but Dr Williams has treated Mary, thinks it is worms and has given Mary worm powder, then castor oil 2 hours later, thinks she will recover soon; doctor prescribed a poultice for the angry “place” on Baby’s cheek, can only do this when Baby is asleep, also gave him a dose of “grey powder”for diarrhoea; will let her know about Mary when she has Eleanor’s address; Philip is well, cannot tell that he has a cold; John wants to know about Frederick and Harriet, have not heard from them since they sailed to Ostend; thinks letter have been lost, Frederick planning to ask for letters at the Poste Restante in Bonn, so they had sent one there; waiting anxiously every day for news; asking God to keep them safe; love to “all your circle”, hoping they are enjoying the “land of Lakes and Mountains”.
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)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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