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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/52/53
Former ReferenceD3287/7/3/5/1
TitleLetter from Elizabeth Marriott to her friend Eleanor Isabella Gell, relating to possible employment prospects for Eleanor's husband
Date8 Jan 1850
DescriptionShe has written to Mr Coleridge, but not received any response to what Eleanor had suggested; she is confident Mr Gell will meet the requirements for the office at St Augustine's; reference to correspondence of Bishop Selwyn and Mr Godley in the Guardian newspaper, wondering whether Mr Gell's experience would lead him to understand the serious consequences of misgovernment at the Colonial Office, as Mr Godley fears.
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LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderEliz. Marriott
Sender LocationExeter
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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