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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEP/5/42/100 |
| Former Reference | D3311/19/73 |
| Title | Note to Eleanor Anne Porden from "Moth", responding to her request as "Stella" not to say he loved her |
| Date | [early 19th cent] |
| Description | Asking her as Stella whether she thinks him "a complimentary correspondent"; she finds fault with him for saying he loves her, so he will not offend again, but he would not say it if were not true; he does not like pofessions anymore than she does; his love is greatest when she is ill, absent or unhappy; she thanks for remembering him on the 6th; wishing her many happy years. Thanks for her father's kind wishes. He expects her every day, being sure she will call when she goes to her sister's cottage. He had a note from Mrs P. for Mrs F.; he tells her offer as being"le bas bleu above the ancle" for writing Greek when she knows he does not understand it; he asks how "Vardilla and her Mum" is. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Archive Creator | Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |