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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
      - 37 - Letters from John Griffin, father of Lady Franklin, to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1840-[c1850]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/37/1
Former Reference	D3287/32/1/13
Title	Letter from John Griffin to Eleanor Isabella Franklin, including reference to Griffin having seen Prince Albert
Date	9 Mar 1840
Description	Receipt of her letter of 29 Oct, with its entertaining account of improvements over which her father presides; with natural history being her favourite amusment, he asks her why there is such mortality among the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens (over 60 dead with scarcely one left); visit of Prince Albert to their Hall, a handsome and elegant young man, fit to be a prince; it is possible John may make his appearance at court and kiss the Queen's hand; he is glad Eleanor is busy in her studies, with time never hanging heavy on her hands, having the advantage of being under the tuition of her parents, to whom he is to be remembered.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Griffin
Sender Location	No address
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient Location	Tasmania
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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