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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/42/8
Former ReferenceD3287/31/2
TitleLetter from Dora Simpkinson to Eleanor Isabella Gell
Date10 Mar [1857]
DescriptionThanks for sympathy for death of her sister, which Eleanor heard about through Emma and Louisa; her complaint was consumption. Paper black-edged. Dated Tuesday 10 March [Dora's sister Lucy Agnes Vaughan died on 3 Mar 1857]
Extent2 sheets
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderDora Simpkinson
Sender LocationBrington
RecipientEleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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