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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
FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828
4 - Published works and writings of Eleanor Anne Porden - 1815-1822
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEP/4/1
Former Reference
D3311/154
Title
The Veils; or The Triumph of Constancy: A Poem in 6 Books, by Eleanor Anne Porden
Date
1815
Description
Published by John Murray, London, 290 pages
Copy presented to Captain Franklin from his obliged friend the Author", Jan 1823; later the personal copy of Eleanor I. Franklin.
Bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell on inside front cover, with opposite it, a card of P.E.C. d'Halma apologising to Mr Porden and his ladies for having kept The Veils for a long time (in French)
Extent
1 volume
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format
Printed
Term
Poetry
Science philosophy
Naval personnel
Navy officers
Sailors
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Porden; William (1754-1822); architect
Porden; Eleanor Anne (1795-1825); poet and first wife of explorer Sir John Franklin
Gell; Eleanor Isabella (1824-1860); daughter of explorer Sir John Franklin
Franklin; Sir; John (1786-1847); naval officer and Arctic explorer
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