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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828
5 - The Attic Chest, comprising writings gathered together and edited by Eleanor Anne Porden and her father William Porden, with drafts and related papers - 1808-1818
42 - Collection of writings and other papers gathered together for the Attic Chest, including items not written up in final collections for meetings, mostly by Eleanor Anne Porden or William Porden - [c1803-1818]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEP/5/42/83
Former Reference
D3311/19/82
Title
Letter from "Planetarius" to "Mr Spectator", on going to the theatre to see and hear Adam Walker demonstrate his Orrery [a mechanical model of the solar system]
Date
21 May 1806
Description
Starting with copies of verses by Homer (from the Iliad, Book 8, line 555) and Pope (12 lines about the Moon)
Extent
1 sheet
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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