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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
GPL - Records of Philip Lyttelton Gell, son of John Philip and Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, grandson of Sir John Franklin - 1873-1922
1 - Correspondence of Philip Lyttelton Gell - 1873
6 - Correspondence of Philip Lyttelton Gell received from assorted people relating to the history and records of the Franklin family - 1896-1922
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/GPL/1/6/6
Former Reference
D3311/45/3/2
Title
Letter from David Ross McCord to Sir Leopold McClintock, thanking him for kindness which resulted in him getting a splendid Franklin letter
Date
22 Oct 1906
Description
He is writing to Mr Gell to also thank him. Reference in the letter to Franklin dining with Garry, Governor of the Hudson Bay Co. He then quotes from notebooks about the poet Tennyson (who got married to Franklin's niece, Miss Sellwood), the writing of his verse, "That True North" and the Canadian nation. He asks Sir Leopold to send on the letter to Mr Gell.
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1 item
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Sender
David Ross McCord
Sender Location
Temple Grove, Montreal
Recipient
Philip Lyttelton Gell
Recipient Location
Hopton Hall
Archive Creator
Philip Lyttelton Gell (1852-1926)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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