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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1/15/20 |
| Former Reference | D3287/32/4/4 |
| Title | Letter from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, on visits and assorted family news |
| Date | 25 Apr [1855] |
| Description | Has arrived from Shiplake this morning having stayed longer with Catharine; travelled with Catharine to Paddington; has been to see niece's children, going to have tea with the boys; sympathises that Eleanor is still "harrassed with unprofitable correspondence", must trust to God; prospect of Catharine Cracroft marrying clergyman, with hope that wedding will not be like Emma's, which she believed was of an "improper and unfeeling character"; Sir John Richardson passed over in favour of a junior, J Liddle, and offered Greenwich (vacated by Liddle), which caused Richardson to resign; love to nephew; love from Franklin; Franklin and Phillip happy to come to see her
Letter only dated 25 April, but 1855 has been added in pencil; the reference to John Richardson's resignation from Haslar Hospital confirms it as 1855. Paper black-edged. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | Hannah Booth |
| Sender Location | 26 Notting Hill Terrace |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Gell |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |