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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/52/69
Former Reference	D3287/31/9/45-46
Title	Letter from Annie Owen to her friend Eleanor Isabella Gell, including references to improving relations with Lady Franklin
Date	14 Feb [1853]
Description	She would have liked to have seen her, her husband and the children when they were in London, and hopes to do so in the spring when next up; Hester [?Davies] quite herself; daughter Eleanor is a precocius child to begin lessons so early; hopes things are better within the family, having heard of a settlement made between aunt and nephew; reference to enquiry about Mr and Mrs Gell going to to New Zealand, on account of the proposed bishopric. Letter is only dated 14 Feb, but the references makes the year possibly 1853.
Extent	2 sheets
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender	Annie Owen
Sender Location	Heveningham
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Document
Copies	Digital copies of these items can be viewed on the public computers at the record office in the Digital Repository, Archive Copies (arranged by reference) folder.
Term	Franklin Expedition (1845)

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