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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/GHW/1/3/34 |
| Former Reference | D3311/83/33 |
| Title | Draft of letter for John Philip Gell to send to Sophia Cracroft, on discovery of a letter of Gell's wife on the wherebaouts of the Phillips portrait in May 1849 |
| Date | 1 Mar 1892 |
| Description | Having found a letter from his late wife to her father Sir John Franklin dated 7 May 1849, which was sent back to England undelivered; he quotes passage on being in her own room with the portrait Phillips hanging over the mantelpiece, as well as small bronze (now in Gell's possession); it was still in the care of Mr Griffin 2 years after the death of Franklin and vested in his late wife; he only has his side of the case, and there is a great mystery how it can have been purchased by Lady Franklin, which Sophy may be able to solve. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
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| Sender | John Philip Gell |
| Sender Location | Buxted |
| Recipient | Sophy Cracroft |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Henry Willingham Gell (1856-1942) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
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