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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/52/72
Former ReferenceD3287/31/9/48
TitleLetter from Anne Petrie to Eleanor Isabella Gell, including on copies of letters of the Flinders family being lent to Eleanor, Anne being a Flinders cousin
Date[mid 1850s]
DescriptionGlad to hear from her; she called at Seymour Street last summer in hope of seeing her, but house shut up, with the postman not able to tell where they had gone; her young boy is the only one not suffering, a young Hercules and big for his age; she found letters in a cover, just as Eleanor had returned them to her; there is no hurry for Eleanor in copying them, knowing they are safe in her hands; there are several personal details of interest for a memoir; her aunt has been reading them and sends her remembrances to Mrs Booth. Added in pencil that Anne Petrie is a Flinders cousin, possibly the mother of the " Egyptian Traveller". Letter is only dated 18 March
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderAnne Petrie
Sender LocationEcclesbourne Cottage, Woolwich
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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