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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
      - 4 - Letters to Eleanor Isabella Gell from her children - [c1855-1859]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/4/2
Former Reference	D3287/11/9/1/6
Title	Letter from John Franklin Gell to his mother Eleanor Isabella Gell, written when a young child
Date	19 Apr 1858
Description	On having written a very bad Latin letter to Mama, his making a pair of purple cuffs for one of his sisters, playing at double chess, hearing a sermon from Mr Cheetham
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Franklin Gell
Sender Location	Quorn [Leicestershire]
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
Transcript or Index	Quorn April 19 1858 My dear Mama, Eleanor wrote the other day and said that we wrote to you a very bad Latin letter. I hope this will be better. I will tell you a secret if you will not tell. I am going to make a pair of Purple cuffs for one of my sisters. (Tuesday) I have finished them. I hope Alice and Henry are quite well. We play a game at double chess. We are going to Miss Cox on Thursday, to dine with her. When we go to Church we hear such nice Sermons preached by Mr Cheetham My love to all I am My dear Mama your affectionate son John Franklin Gell

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