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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/15/19 |
| Former Reference | D3311/31/17 |
| Title | Letter from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the recognition of Sir John Franklin being dead and on reconciliation between Eleanor and Lady Franklin |
| Date | 23 Nov 1854 |
| Description | Grateful to niece and husband for offer to stay with them; hopes to be with them in mid-December; hopes to find them in good health; grateful to God; praying for His guidance; husband and brother in "heavenly rest"; both lived according to God's commands; glad that niece is reconciled with Lady Franklin and that she is coming to stay with them; hopes that there will be no future estrangement; has written to Lady Franklin twice but no reply "as yet"; hopes that time will sooth Lady Franklin, who no longer needs to speculate; Government are searching for records, cannot do anything else; reflects on how all other expeditions have come back safely except theirs, with no-one "left to tell the tale of many lost ones", it being the will of God; love to niece.
Paper black-edged. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Hannah Booth |
| Sender Location | Friskney Vicarage |
| 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) |