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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
      - 11 - Correspondence between Elizabeth Franklin and her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - 1837-1849

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/11/3
Former Reference	D3287/31/8
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Franklin to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, during the latter's residence in Tasmania, including references to the events surrounding the coronation of Queen Victoria in England
Date	14 Aug 1838
Description	Aunt's poor health, refers to Eleanor's description of proclamation about the Queen in Hobart, not as splendid as in England, omission of champion exhibition and banquet from Coronation pageantry: cousin witnessed the Grand Procession, bells ringing in the countryside, plum cake for children, money for parents; description of fire in Government outbuildings, and comments on poisonous snakes and Jackass-songster; questions about naming of geographical features after friends and family; birthday wishes for Eleanor and her father, family illness, stormy and bad weather throughout England and Europe for the last year, also in Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania]; Emily Sellwood and father travelled to Berkshire: Emily, like Lady Franklin, needs excitement; Anne Sellwood has been in Guernsey, Emily will be "left to visit the Tennyson family" at Beech Hall near London; Aunt Evans has arrived safely in England, has had a baby, Mary has got married. Difficult handwriting to read
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Elizabeth Franklin
Sender Location	Horncastle, Lincolnshire
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	Government House, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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