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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/41/1
Former Reference	D3311/122/14
Title	Letter from John Nassau Simpkinson to his cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, including reference to her improved relations with Lady Franklin
Date	4 Dec [1854]
Description	Obliged for getting letter from her on her improved relations with her aunt, having made friends; she is welcome to have any right of ownership he might possess to the pedestal of the Cupid; when in London in a fortnight hoping to find her settled in their new home in B.[Bedford] Place, a great improvement on Seymour Street; views on the siege of Sebastopol. Only dated 4 Dec, but 1854 added in pencil, which fits context of letter
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Nassau Simpkinson
Sender Location	Oban
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