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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
      - 52 - Letters from other correspondents to Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Gell - [c1836-1858]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/52/76
Former Reference	D3287/31/11
Title	Letter from M. de la Roquette to Eleanor Isabella Gell, relating to his publication of a biography of Sir John Franklin
Date	20 Dec 1856
Description	Happy to have the approval of the daughter and sister of the great navigator Sir John Franklin for his attempt to write his life; asks for compliments to sent to Madame Booth.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	M. de la Roquette
Sender Location	19 Rue Mazarine, Paris
Recipient	Eleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient Location	Londres [London]
Archive Creator	Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Language	French

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