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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
      - 3 - Letters from John Philip Gell to his wife Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1850-1857

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/3/6
Former Reference	D3287/7/3/1/6
Former Reference	D3287/31/6
Title	Letter from John Philp Gell to his wife Eleanor Isabella Gell, during his stay in Dorset for meetings of clergymen: with envelope
Date	13 Oct 1857
Description	He had a good meeting with quarrymen at Langton the previous night. ‘The rector is abroad, fled away from his curates who bully him, one an army doctor and the other a common doctor before they took orders. He is staying with a Mr Sewell who is ‘’ a model of a squire.’’ He asks what Macguire is like: he would like to know before he sees the Bishop of London whom he would like to involve in a plan of a general kind. Love to Marian. He is close to Branksea Castle where Colonel Waugh has set up residence. Envelope postmarked for Maltravers Langton and Wareham 13 Oct 1857 and London 14 Oct 1857
Extent	2 sheets
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Philip Gell
Sender Location	Corfe Castle [Dorset]
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	St John's Lodge, Notting Hill, London
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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