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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
- 50 - SIR WILLIAM GELL (1777-1836)

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/50/78
Title	Personal letter from Sir William Gell to Philip Gell, `My Dear Peter': from Strasbourg. Gell describes travels; left Brunswick for Cassel where visited Elector of Hesse, Princess's [of Wales] cousin; saw the Electress, a Danish princess. Then travelled to Frankfurt and Mayence where Gell got gout, then on to Strasbourg where good French theatre and the Duke de Valmy alias Kellerman is very kind to them. Has visited old Professor Schweighausen who has published much on Greece. On Saturday go to Basle and then to Geneva. `We intend to live at Naples, but do not think of remaining all our lives there; for instance, Aleppo, Baghdad or Delhi are not beyond our comprehension'. Asks for sculptor's tools; is in very low spirits 12 Sep
Date	1814
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Gell; Sir; William (1777-1836); Diplomat and antiquarian of Hopton.

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