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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
      - 46 - Letters from James Dixon, husband of Mary Louisa Dixon (née Simpkinson), to Eleanor Isabella Gell - [c1859]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/46/1
Former Reference	D3287/1/10/11/2
Title	Letter from James Dixon to Eleanor Isabella Gell, offering his professional opinion as a doctor on the eyes of Eleanor's daughter Alice
Date	[c1859]
Description	In his capacity as a doctor, relating to improvement in eye of her daughter Alice [born late 1857], trying to alleviate her concerns about a white speck (previously covered by the redness of the inflammation), which grows paler and less visible in time; there will always be something to mark the site of the ulcer; iron drops must be carried on with for another fortnight. Only dated Saturday.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	James Dixon
Sender Location	No address
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

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