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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

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEP/5/42
Former Reference	D3311/19
Title	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
Date	[c1803-1818]
Description	Including newscutting of Arctic expedition and meeting new tribe of Esquimaux, 1818; play called The Lunatics, performed at Positive House; letters signed by Electromagus, Pertinax Townly, Atticus Scriblerus; draft pages for more plays
Extent	1 bundle
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Copies	A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Term	Inuit
	Ethnic groups
	Indigenous populations

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