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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
  - GHW - Records of Henry Willingham Gell - 1855-1938
    - 1 - Correspondence of Henry Willingham Gell, including material relating to Sir John Franklin and topics of related historical or genealogical interest - 1855-1938
      - 3 - Correspondence gathered together by Henry Willingham Gell relating to the painting of John Franklin by Thomas Phillips, including correspondence on the attempt by John Philip Gell to recover the painting, involving Sophy Cracroft, who denied his claim, and his solicitors Rickards and Sons - 1855-1933

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/GHW/1/3/34
Former Reference	D3311/83/33
Title	Draft of letter for John Philip Gell to send to Sophia Cracroft, on discovery of a letter of Gell's wife on the wherebaouts of the Phillips portrait in May 1849
Date	1 Mar 1892
Description	Having found a letter from his late wife to her father Sir John Franklin dated 7 May 1849, which was sent back to England undelivered; he quotes passage on being in her own room with the portrait Phillips hanging over the mantelpiece, as well as small bronze (now in Gell's possession); it was still in the care of Mr Griffin 2 years after the death of Franklin and vested in his late wife; he only has his side of the case, and there is a great mystery how it can have been purchased by Lady Franklin, which Sophy may be able to solve.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	John Philip Gell
Sender Location	Buxted
Recipient	Sophy Cracroft
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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