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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/6/19
Former ReferenceD3287/1/10/1/3
TitleLetter 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
Date11 Aug 1857
DescriptionWriting to Glasgow rather than to Edinburgh; Mary is better but feeble, doctor’s advice about state of her bowels and evacuations, she is lively for short periods then exhausted and needs to sleep, little appetite, but getting better every day; Baby’s cheek getting better but has a problem with the eyelids of one eye; nurse looks after him well; Philip pleased when he receives letters, hoping to send one back; thanks for sending Frederick’s letter to them to read, have received one from Thun where they are staying for a week; glad that they enjoyed Edinburgh, hopes that they will enjoy other places they are due to visit; will write soon; no reason to be worried about Mary; love from all; Father gone to Derby, has taken F’s[?Franklin] letter, may not be time for her to return it today.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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SenderElizabeth Gell
Sender LocationDuffield [in pencil]
RecipientEleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Locationc/o Rev P M Atkinson, Mission House, Inverness [in pencil]
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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