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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/1/15/25
Former Reference
D3287/32/4/11
Title
Last page of letter from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the state of health of assorted family members, while Eleanor is on holiday in Jersey
Date
[Aug 1858]
Description
She is glad to say Aunt Wright is as well as expected with Harriet having a bad attack of diptheria, Mary and Richard tolerable, Alice at Shiplake; Arthur has broken a bone in his right hand, but is now better, having dined with her and Richard; she hopes the Gells are well and looks forward to hearing accounts from Eleanor, Franklin and Philip about Jersey.
The letter is undated, but the only time the Gells were in Jersey, as far as is known, is in August 1858.
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1 sheet
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Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender
Hannah Booth
Sender Location
No address
Recipient
Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location
No address
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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