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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
41 - Letters from John Nassau Simpkinson to his cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell - [1854]
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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)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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Simpkinson; John Nassau (1817-1894); Anglican clergyman and teacher
Gell; Eleanor Isabella (1824-1860); daughter of explorer Sir John Franklin
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