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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/34/4
Former ReferenceD3311/122/23
D3287/31/6
TitleLetter from Mary Anne Kendall to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including reference to Eleanor's perseverance in dispute [with Lady Franklin]; with envelope
Date11 Nov 1849
DescriptionThanks for “most interesting” letter; Sir J.R. [John Richardson] gave thanks at Alverstoke; writer does not know how the one outstanding matter will be achieved; the Richardsons going to town; apologies to Eleanor, did not mean to suggest that Eleanor had not made any efforts towards reconciliation; urges Eleanor to be conciliatory and forebearing, will need to be persistent; example of the “Franklin stumpiness” of character; writer’s “high sense of duty”; hopes God will guide any steps which need to be taken.
Letter dated only Sunday; 11 Nov 1849 has been added in pencil. Envelope postmarked 18 Nov 1849 and Gosport 19 Nov 1849.
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LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderMary Anne Kendall
Sender LocationRoyal Naval College
RecipientEleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location16 Upper Seymour Street, Portman Square, London
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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