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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
  - FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828
    - 3 - Manuscripts in hand of Eleanor Anne Porden - 1809-1823

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEP/3/14
Former Reference	D3311/150/2
Title	Manuscript copy of poem entitled "On Christmas Day", a poem by William Thompson, in the handwriting of Eleanor Anne Porden
Date	[early 19th cent]
Description	Poem dated only 25 Dec; seemingly published in the Morning Herald; with note on later hand saying that believed to have been composed by E.A. Porden, afterwards E.A Franklin and it was in her writing. Actually published as a poem by William Thompson in Volume XV of "The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper" (1810), on page 27 under the title of "The Magi: A Sacred Eclogue", with the first line "No more in Beauty's praise my numbers move". Found inside published volume "The Veils" by Eleanor Anne Porden (as at D8760/F/FEP/4/2)
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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