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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/GHW/1/3/30
Former ReferenceD3311/83/32
TitleLetter from E.J. Rickard to John Philip Gell, acknowledging receipt of letter enclosing letters of Mrs Jupp and William Kaye
Date19 Feb 1892
DescriptionClear that no-one had heard of Sir John selling or giving away the portrait; there is a strong presumption it was not among Sir John's effects when the will was proved; mystery still surrounds it; could it have been sold fraudulently of by mistake afetr being sent for cleaning. Miss Cracroft's last letter suggests she is in a psoition to explain matters.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderE.J. Rickards
Sender Location2 Crown Court, Old Broad Street, London, EC
RecipientJohn Philip Gell
Recipient LocationBuxted Rectory, Sussex
Archive CreatorHenry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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