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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]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1
Title	Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin
Date	1828-1859
Description	The vast majority of letters are those written to Eleanor, from when a child aged 4 years old in 1828 to the year before her death in 1860; the only letters written by Eleanor in this series are 10 letters (1832-1849) to her cousin Catherine Franklin, later Rawnsley, who later gave them to John Philip Gell as mementos of his wife, and 2 letters to her aunt Elizabeth Franklin.
Extent	451 items
Level	Series
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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Gell; John Philip (1816-1898); Anglican clergyman

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