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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
      - 18 - Letters from Sir John Richardson and his third wife Mary to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1848-1856

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/18/6
Former Reference	D3311/120/2
Title	First page of letter from Sir John Richardson to Eleanor Isabella Gell, after the fate of Franklin's expedition has been established by John Rae's reports
Date	23 Oct 1854
Description	Details communicated by Dr Rae must have grieved the friends of all parties, the only consolation being that her father must not have been at the final scene where 40 died of cold and starvation near the mouth of Back's river; reflections on the likelihood of scurvy between 1846 and 1850 and the oversight in not erecting beacons and signal posts, which James Ross might have seen in 1849.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Richardson
Sender Location	H. Hosp. [Haslar Hospital], Gosport
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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