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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
      - 34 - Letters from cousin Mary Anne Kendall (née Kay) to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1847-1856

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/34/8
Former Reference	D3287/31/11
Title	Letter from Mary Anne Kendall to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, on confirmation of news of the fate of Franklin's expeditions by Dr John Rae
Date	28 Oct 1854
Description	Scarcely knows what to write but does not want to be silent about confirmation of their “worst fears”; Sir J. Richardson takes comfort in the fact that Eleanor’s father died early on, “before the ships were deserted”; could not bring herself to write to Eleanor for a few days after hearing of Dr Rae returning; acknowledges that it is not a “new sorrow”, but reading each line creates a “new pang – and I dare not trust myself to dwell upon it”; glad to hear that Eleanor is well and has been able to “nurse your baby”; arrangements for forwarding post; kind of Mr Gell to write to her; hopes Eleanor will enjoy the “change of locality”; no particular news about the writer’s family; enjoyed trip to the West Country so much that it felt like no-one could have any “trial or sorrow soon”; mistrusts earthly enjoyments; no sooner had they come back than heard of Mr Booth’s sudden death and Mr Richard Martyn’s death, both on the same day; new sorrows every day; afraid that do not know the “worst, by a great deal, in the course of this horrible war”; love from Mary; kisses to “your pets”; “kindest remembrances” to Eleanor’s husband . Paper black-edged.
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
Copies	A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Term	Crimean War

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