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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D258/50/70 |
| Title | Personal letter from Sir William Gell to Miss [Isabella] Gell |
| Date | 1810s |
| Description | `Dear Polinda': Saw Lady Barbara at the Staels where they turned a party into a kind of sham ball
Gell's financial difficulties: has to take back £20 reserved for her from `sale of some Greek medals to [Richard] Payne Knight'. Gell is well used to place hunting. Wants to buy house [includes sketch of ground plan] Signed `Anacharsis' |
| Level | file |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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