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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
FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin - 1828-1859
6 - Letters from mother-in-law Elizabeth Gell (née Dod) to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1849-1857
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/1/6/1
Former Reference
D3287/1/10/8
Title
Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, soon after Eleanor's marriage to John Philip Gell
Date
11 Jun 1849
Description
Best wishes and prayers for Eleanor and John’s happiness; invitation from her brother Sim [brother-in-law Henry Sim], via Mr Griffin, for them to visit Wingham, Aunt Sim [Harriet] wants to know when to expect them; Harriet and Caroline have arrived safely at Clifton; Mr and Mrs Hayne going to Torquay for a week; weather has been cold and they have had to light fires; Frederick thinks that Lady Franklin may not be going to America, but he cannot remember exactly what he heard; Frederick going to Tunbridge [Wells] to preach, father gone to Town to vote at Bible Society meeting about how to open its public meetings; love from her brother and sister and from Frederick as well.
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1 sheet
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Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
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Sender
Elizabeth Gell
Sender Location
Wingham
Recipient
Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location
No address
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Sim; Harriet (fl 1808-1850)
Sim; Henry (fl 1808-1857); Anglican clergyman
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