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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/15/25
Former ReferenceD3287/32/4/11
TitleLast page of letter from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the state of health of assorted family members, while Eleanor is on holiday in Jersey
Date[Aug 1858]
DescriptionShe is glad to say Aunt Wright is as well as expected with Harriet having a bad attack of diptheria, Mary and Richard tolerable, Alice at Shiplake; Arthur has broken a bone in his right hand, but is now better, having dined with her and Richard; she hopes the Gells are well and looks forward to hearing accounts from Eleanor, Franklin and Philip about Jersey.
The letter is undated, but the only time the Gells were in Jersey, as far as is known, is in August 1858.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderHannah Booth
Sender LocationNo address
RecipientEleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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