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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
      - 12 - Correspondence between cousins Catherine Franklin, later Rawnsley, and Eleanor Isabella Franklin later Gell - 1832-1855

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/12/4
Former Reference	D3287/31/8
Title	Letter from Eleanor Isabella Franklin to her cousin Catherine Franklin, written while Eleanor was in Tasmania
Date	23 Nov 1839
Description	Note that letters have been missed (not arrived although sent). Mary Price has given birth to a son, 'large child but not fat' named John Frederic after a friend, born 3 October 1839; Mr Price is Assistant Police Magistrate. Eleanor is collecting insects and seeds for Willy together with dried specimens and descriptions with help from Mr Gunn, 'best botanist in the island'. Complaint that all at home think that New South Wales and Tasmania are the same whereas they are not. Plants mentioned by Catherine grow in New South Wales but not Tasmania. Lists of plants that Eleanor will send, but also her liking for British blooms such as 'sweet scented violet'. Comments on publications: Lieut. Michell's "Expeditions in Austrailia"', 'correct': another work "The Land of Promises" paints Australia as too 'perfect' to be true: and, just begun, a book by Cunningham on New South Wales which is 'considered a good one'. Report of a regatta on the first weekend in December, but also of loss of its main supporter, Mr Hands. A new chapel has been built on Huon Farmlands and Eleanor's mama has asked the archdeacon to consecrate it. Papa has received her letters but does not have time to write; he and Mama send their love, also with her own love to Willingham. PS. Asks whether Willy gets on with Euclid better than Papa did
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Sender Location	Government House, Hobarton
Recipient	Catherine Franklin
Recipient Location	William Burnside Esq., Aspley Hall, Nottingham
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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