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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
    - 5 - The Attic Chest, comprising writings gathered together and edited by Eleanor Anne Porden and her father William Porden, with drafts and related papers - 1808-1818
      - 44 - Documents relating to or formerly held in the Attic Chest - [c1808-1870s]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEP/5/44/10
Former Reference	D3311/21
Former Reference	D3311/97
Title	Part of letter from Henrietta Emillia Alice Kaye to Philip Lyttelton Gell, to whom she is giving the papers of the Attic Chest, with later envelope used by Aileen Pauline Gell to identify and explain the context
Date	[1870s]
Description	Letter has initial part of the letter cut away: Miss Kaye is sending the Attic Chest, with the key to it; she regards the papers as being only of interest as relics, and although they are clever, they would only be considered as curiosities by literary people today, more than 60 years later; the box includes copies of some of her aunt's poems and a copy of a botannical work in sheets; her own future descendants will have no interest in them; includes other references are to a bazaar in unknown cause, towards which Miss Kaye gave £1 to Alice [sister of the letter's recipient], health of an unidentified person, query about Henry coming home [brother of recipient] and meeting with father [J.P. Gell]. The envelope explains that the sender was her grandmother was the wife Sir John Franklin and also the daughter of William Porden, and that the Attic Chest was being given to Philip Lyttelton Gell.
Extent	2 items
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Henrietta Emillia Alice Kaye
Sender Location	Trant Road, Tunbridge Wells [Kent]
Recipient	Philip Lyttelton Gell
Archive Creator	Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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