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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/1/6/7
Former Reference	D3287/1/10/7/1
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, thanking her after her visit to Eleanor and her husband, before the birth of one of the Gells's children [Philip Lyttelton Gell]
Date	25 Mar 1852
Description	Thanks to Eleanor and to John for kindness during her visit with them; sorry that she was not in better health, but it was God’s will; journey was 5 hours, Harriet met her at Derby station with the carriage; she is tired but well; she thinks about them all, and wishes she could be useful to them; wishes that she had brought the “flannels” so that they could be made “here” and sent back to Eleanor: if Harriet can get a pattern she will send some “ready for the dear little visitor”; wants to know how much and when Baby should be fed, and whether he should be given “broth” or meat “tea”; Eleanor should not waste her strength sorting out clothes for him as they can “easily get him things”; Mr Gell and Harriet have gone to Derby to a lecture, Mr Gell going afterwards to see “poor Turner”, hopes he will not have to go to see him again; weather turned cold yesterday; hopes that “little Eleanor” will not forget her Aunt; love from “ Lizzy” as well.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Elizabeth Gell
Sender Location	D.B. [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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