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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
      - 39 - Letters from Lady Mary Simpkinson (née Griffin) to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin - 1832-1849

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/39/1
Former Reference	D3287/31/1/48
Title	Letter from Lady Mary Simpkinson to her niece Eleanor Isabella Franklin, including references to Lady Mary's sister, Lady Franklin
Date	20 Jun [1832]
Description	She has not written for some time, or heard from Eleanor, but hopes she has not forgotten her and still thinks of her with affection. Lady Jane loves Eleanor very much and writes about her in her letters. Lady Jane and Sir John are in Malta, Frank Simpkinson has gone to Malta too, although he is not on HMS Rainbow but on HMS Britannia. Sir John's friend Captain Rideout asks about her when she sees him. She would like to see Eleanor as it is nearly 2 years since she went away. She has a good account of her from Aunt Franklin. Uncle Simpkinson and Grandpapa send love. She is sending a book marker to Eleanor which she bought at a Fancy Fair for the benefit of 'Poor Foreigners in distress'. Dated 20 June; year 1834 added in pencil, but likely to be 1832, as Frank Simpkinson joined H.M.S. Britannia in March 1832.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Mary Simpkinson
Sender Location	Hedingham Castle [Essex]
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Franklin
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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