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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/52/46
Former Reference	D3287/31/11
Title	Letter from Lady Maria Hooker to Eleanor Isabella Gell, relating to the imprisonment of her son Joseph Hooker
Date	22 Jan [1850]
Description	Thanks for Eleanor's sympathy over her son, who has assured her that he is safe and expects to be released [Joseph Hooker had been imprisoned in Nov 1849 in Sikkim, while on expedition in the Himalayas]. Letter only dated 22 Jan, but 1850 has been added in pencil
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Maria Hooker
Sender Location	Kew
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	16 Upper Seymour Street [in pencil]
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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