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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D258/50/39 |
| Title | Personal letter from Sir William Gell to Philip Gell. Copy of note re fight: having been told `the black' would win, Gell gave Tom [Belcher] a lecture about his brother losing his fame by over-fighting. Going tomorrow to the long expected launch of 120 gun ship. Has been taken prisoner by HRH [Princess Caroline] on board a fine gingerbread yacht, where the wager is to be who can eat and drink the most. Cabinet council on the Levant on Wednesday when it will be known whether Leckie, Gell, Leake, Sir Robt. Wilson, Lyttelton and Lord Valentia are to be turned loose on the Mahometan world. `The beast of Erin went thro Nottingham with potatoes in his head'. Cadiz is said to be perfectly secure. Has bought silver candlesticks value £6 6s in commemoration of Philip's kind gift. 16 Jul 1810 |
| Date | 1810 |
| Level | file |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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