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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
35 - Letter from Mary Anne Mantell (née Kendall) to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1856
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D8760/F/FEG/1/35/1
Former Reference
D3287/32/1/28
Title
Letter from Mary Anne Mantell to her cousin Eleanor Gell
Date
17 Sep 1856
Description
She was told by Mama that she would like to hear from her; she has not written to her before, but she remembers her; their lot "in this strange land" has been better than others in India
Extent
1 sheet
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Sender
Mary Anne Mantell
Sender Location
Balasore [India]
Recipient
Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location
No address
Archive Creator
Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Kendall, later Mantell; Mary Anne (1835-1858); wife of Alfred Adams Mantell
Gell; Eleanor Isabella (1824-1860); daughter of explorer Sir John Franklin
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