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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
      - 36 - Letters to Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell, from cousins in the Kay family - 1838-1857

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/36/6
Former Reference	D3287/31/7/11
Title	Letter from Ellen Lydia Kay to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including references to the murder of John Price by convicts in Australia
Date	31 Aug 1857
Description	Had not known of Eleanor's whereabouts until Godfrey had told them she had gone northwards and Mrs Long said she was in [?]Snathpethers; hope she and Mr Gell had been able to leave Edinburgh after Mary's recovery; asking for news of Mrs Price, having got accounts from both of the writer's brothers, William and Henry, of Mr Price's murder, with injunction from Frances to let her know; expectation reported that Mrs Price will get a pension from the Victorian Government and that she has property settled on her and her children for £2000. There has been little printed on the expeditions due to the news from India, which has diverted attention.
Extent	2 sheets
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Unknown
Sender Location	1 Norfolk Road Villas
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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