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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/34/6
Former Reference	D3287/31/4/2
Title	Letter from Mary Anne Kendall to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including information on a number of the search expeditions looking for Sir John Franklin
Date	21 Oct 1851
Description	Sorry that Eleanor did not call to see her en route to Winchester; circumstances mitigated against it; Captains Austin and Ommanney are still in town because the Committee of Enquiry is still sitting; has told Captain Pullen that Eleanor would be pleased to see him if he has time; hoping to see Mr Hooper who is taking command of the ‘Excellent’; Captain Chads has said “they must send another expedition, the press are so violent”; wants Eleanor to stay with them next time rather than at "the George" as they are near the trains; love to Mrs [Isabella] Cracroft and Catherine; she sent a litle money for the "S.P.G.".
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Mary Anne Kendall
Sender Location	Royal Naval College
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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