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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/28/2 |
| Former Reference | D3287/31/11 |
| Title | Letter from Anne Weld to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including on the report of Sir John Franklin's safety and its being published on stage at Dury Lane Theatre |
| Date | 23 Dec [1850] |
| Description | Joy at hearing from Frank on long-desired reunion of Eleanor and Anne's aunt; her having overfatigued herself househunting last week with Alfred [Tennyson in pencil]; asking for recommendation of Eleanor's nurse for Emily [Tennyson in pencil] and a friend expecting confinement like Emily in April; hearing of news that Sir John Franklin was reported safe, but not known to the Admiralty, so supposing it a shameful hoax got up by the paper, and of report being published on the stage at Drury Lane in the middle of a Shakespeare play; love to Mr Gell and Eleanor's baby .
Only dated 23 Dec; year 1850 added in pencil. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | Anne Weld |
| Sender Location | Somerset House |
| 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 |
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| Term | Franklin Expedition (1845) |