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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
      - 6 - Letters from mother-in-law Elizabeth Gell (née Dod) to Eleanor Isabella Gell - 1849-1857

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEG/1/6/8
Former Reference	D3287/1/10/7/2
Title	Letter from Elizabeth Gell to her daughter-in-law Eleanor Isabella Gell, on arrangements before the birth of one of Eleanor's children [Philip Lyttelton Gell]
Date	6 Apr 1852
Description	Hoping Eleanor is as well as when last seen and John’s back pain is gone; wishes that she would have a “proper nurse” with her for her “confinement”, would be better for the baby’s sake and also less anxiety for John, with less “lifting and carrying” for him; happy to pay for such a person; wonders if Lizzy told her that a flannel dress had been cut out using Eleanor’s pattern and wonders if four will be sufficient; washing instructions come from a lady who has a large family but whose flannel dresses still stay a “good colour and not thickened”; old Mr Borrowes of Clapham has died, Mr Gell is to conduct the funeral but will not preach the sermon; Mr Gell troubled about “this Canterbury affair”, hopes that John will not take the appointment; arrangements for “Carry” to come to them; God’s blessings on Eleanor “in a time of troubles”; arrangements for arrival of their grandson, being met by a “very respectable young woman”.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Elizabeth Gell
Sender Location	Duffield Bank
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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