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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
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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