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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/52/75
Former ReferenceD3287/31/12
TitleLetter from M.A. Roberts to Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the genealogy of the Porden family: with envelope
Date4 Apr 1855
DescriptionOn the genealogy of the Porden family; the late George Field, Mr and Mrs Porden, Mr William Bond the engraver, and Mr J. Linnell Bond the architect, were on intimate terms; Mrs Field was the widow of an officer when she married George; he promises her letters after the sale; with Mr Field being a literary gentleman, there are hundreds of letters to read; in the sale is a ring inscribed with a memorial inscription for Eleanor Anne Franklin; he often heard of Miss Porden being in Mr Field's society at the time her Coeur de Lion was published in 1822. Envelope postmarked for Brentford 4 Apr 1855
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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SenderM.A. Roberts
Sender LocationSyon Hill Park [Brentford in pencil]
RecipientEleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient LocationSt John's Lodge, Notting Hill
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
CopiesDigital 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.
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