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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/44/9
Former ReferenceD3287/31/1/23
TitleLetter from Marianne Jane Simpkinson to her cousin Eleanor Isabella Gell, thanking Eleanor for her sympathy regarding Marianne's conversion to Catholicism
Date[1852]
DescriptionShe asks Eleanor to bring Edward with her on Tuesday to make 12 at dinner; thanks Eleanor for her note and her kindness and sympathy; some people treat her as if she were guilty of a very great crime; she is glad she had the courage to openly join the church which she believed to be the true one [the Roman Catholic church] and where her sympathies had been for a long time; she feels she has left darkness for light; she assures her that she [Marianne] is not bigoted or intolerant, and prays she will not be so in the future; she has acted conscientiously and done what she believes to be right. Franklin is to be told she has not forgotten a birthday present for him, a horse she promised.
Dated only Friday evening.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderMarianne Jane Simpkinson
Sender LocationUnknown
RecipientEleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient LocationUnknown
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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