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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
      - 2 - Letters from Jane, Lady Franklin (née Griffin) to her stepdaughter Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - 1828-1849

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/2/11
Former Reference	D3287/31/8
Title	Letter from Lady Franklin to her step-daughter Eleanor Isabella Franklin, on Eleanor's leaving the Cracrofts to be at home with Sir John and Lady Franklin
Date	7 Mar [1836]
Description	Papa has come to collect Eleanor; when Eleanor comes back, going to Dover with Emily and Catharine; talks about how Eleanor will miss her Aunt and cousins, but will be glad to come home; Emma Simpkinson will be at Dover; Marianne is at school, more obedient, God-fearing than before; Emma is generally a good little girl, for whom Eleanor can set a good example, being two years older; she does not know what books Eleanor and Kitty are reading, but she should leave one behind for Kitty; she has asked Aunt not to put any books in Eleanor's trunk; which will serve both; Eleanor will stay over with Mrs and Miss Ferard at Southampton, but Eleanor should not copy their manners, particularly at table; Eleanor approaching 12 years old and so can trust in Eleanor's "good conduct" and "conscience"; love to cousins. Dated 7 Monday 7 March; the year 1837 is marked in pencil, but context must make it 1836 [in 1837 Eleanor would have been in Tasmania]; it is also marked as "before returning home from the Cracrofts at Jersey"
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Jane Franklin
Sender Location	No address
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
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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