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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
FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - 1828-1859
15 - Letters from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1849-1858
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/1/15/10
Former Reference
D3287/32/4/7
Title
Letter from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, on search expeditions, including on voluntary funding by Lady Franklin and colonists of Tasmania
Date
15 Mar 1853
Description
Wider family is scattered; 'Isabel' is going out, privately funded, to Behring's Straits, taking supplies to searchers; ought to be Government funded; £500 sent by colonists of Van Diemen's land to help pay for search; hopes this year will have news; Frank Simpkinson did not destroy the Bond "for his own sake"; Lady Franklin unlikely to be able to put it to use for funding, has just voluntary funding and own monies; has received a letter from Emma, who intends to live with Mr Evans' family in Wales; son spending few days in London in April; Mary Anne and two grand-daughters coming; uncle is well; hopes that Eleanor, husband and "my darling babies" likewise; has invited Emma to come.
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1 sheet
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Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender
Hannah Booth
Sender Location
6 Tottenham Place [Clifton]
Recipient
Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location
No address
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format
Document
Term
Franklin Expedition (1845)
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