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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
      - 44 - Letters from Marianne Jane Simpkinson to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - [c1830-1857]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/44/11
Former Reference	D3311/122/27
Title	Letter from Marianne Jane Simpkinson to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, on Lady Franklin and Sophy Cracroft being in Scotland
Date	[Oct 1849]
Description	Having received letter from Lady Franklin written on 9 Oct, being in Scotland with Sophy, with two possible plans, to stay in Edinburgh to see Captain Kerr or to go to Derry, where Sir E. Parry is staying; her aunt has received a note from Eleanor, written in a tone which was by no means pleasant, which Marianne regards as a pity; further updates on the movements of Lady Franklin and Sophy (leaving Kirkwall 5 Oct, going on a steamer to see the northern lights but disappointed, putting into Aberdeen, going off to Peterhead). PS on Captain Hamilton saying that the Admiralty was more encouraging, with the Esquimaux not having boarded the ships, but only seen them from a distance. Only dated Saturday; "?1849" marked at top in pencil.
Extent	2 items
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Marianne Jane Simpkinson
Sender Location	Mount Ephraim Villa, Tunbridge Wells
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
Term	Inuit
Term	Ethnic groups

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