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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
      - 18 - Letters from Sir John Richardson and his third wife Mary to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1848-1856

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/18/8
Former Reference	D3287/31/11
Title	Letter from Sir John Richardson to Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the death of his daughter Josephine
Date	22 Sep 1856
Description	Paper black-edged
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	John Richardson
Sender Location	Lancrigg, Grasmere
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Transcript or Index	Lancrigg –Grasmere 22nd Sepr 1856 Dear Mrs Gell My dear child is now as you say at rest and enjoying the bliss for which through the mercy of her heavenly Father her long years of suffering have been a preparation. Worn down at last to a state of emaciation and weakness which I have never seen equalled and retaining all her powers of mind almost to last hour no murmur ever passed her lips. She acknowledged the chastening she was experiencing to be a proof of love. Lady Richardson writes with in sending kindest remembrances to Mr Gell, yourself and family with our sincere wishes that you may have every comfort in your very interesting children. Mrs Kendall has been with us for a short time and leaves us two days hence for London. I remain faithfully yours John Richardson

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