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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/6/20
Former Reference	D3287/1/10/1/4
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the better health of the younger Gell children, while the rest of the Gell family are away in Scotland
Date	2 Sep 1857
Description	All three children doing well; Mary is recovered, Baby is well except for “little humours” appearing on his eyelid and ear, no medicine required for this and Philip is well' they are “all good children”, looking forward to seeing parents again; hopes that benefitting from being in Strathpeffers, contrast with Notting Hill; Philip asks if parents would see the Queen, long way from Balmoral; Frederick and Harriet studying German in Berlin; Uncle and Aunt Sim stayed a few days in Geneva then came home through France, left Paris “last Monday” and due to arrive at Wingham yesterday, a week earlier than intended; thanks for offer to host Harriet and Frederick when they arrive, do not know their plans, Harriet will probably fit in with theirs; hoping to move soon; too much effort for Philip to write a letter although he likes to receive one; all three children send their love; love to “all your circle”.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Elizabeth Gell
Sender Location	Duffield Bank
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	Kinetta's Cottage, Strathpeffer, Dingwall [in pencil]
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth