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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
- 50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/50/108
Title	Business letter from Sir William Gell to J Stracey, Berners St, London, banker. From Rome. Financial problems including those of Princess of Wales; `unfortunately we have neither common sense nor common honesty, so that advice is lost and hope is tired out'. Intends to get money by `digging in Emperor's palace where it is known no excavation was ever made' for porphyry, giallo antico, and all the marbles and granites that have become so scarce'. Gell's `great map' which the University [Cambridge] is to engrave is nearly finished. 8 May
Date	1818
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Gell; Sir; William (1777-1836); Diplomat and antiquarian of Hopton.

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