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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
      - 7 - Letters from Fredrick Gell to his sister-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell (nee Franklin) - 1848-1853

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/7/1
Former Reference	D3287/32/1/22
Title	Letter from Frederick Gell to his prospective sister-in-law Eleanor Isabella Franklin, including reference to expeditions being sent to search for her father
Date	1 Feb 1848
Description	Wishes to know how things finally stood with V.D.L. [Van Deimen's Land]College before the bishop's departure; wants to know whether Mr White was to be the Warden after all and who is to be the Sub-Warden; it must be gratifying for her and Lady Franklin to know pains being taken to search for her father, albeit mingled with anxiety; he has heard he might be invited to stay with her at Harrow; he has left Brighton and is staying with Archdeacon Hare's curate, Venables, hoping to remain at Dallington until end of next week.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Frederick Gell
Sender Location	Hurstmonceux, Hurstgreen
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Document
Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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