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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/5/42/87
Former Reference	D3311/19/103, 93
Title	Letter addressed by Pertinax Townly from Positive House, in hand of Eleanor Anne Porden
Date	[c1808]
Description	Including references to Electromagus, laboratory hermetically closed, Olivia, Rodelinda, Philemon, Atticus, Dr Beauclerc, and comparisons with figures of antiquity. Date originally 18 Feb in ink, then 6 March added in pencil. Paper watermarked 1808.
Extent	2 sheets
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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