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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FEG/1 |
| Title | Correspondence of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin |
| Date | 1828-1859 |
| Description | The vast majority of letters are those written to Eleanor, from when a child aged 4 years old in 1828 to the year before her death in 1860; the only letters written by Eleanor in this series are 10 letters (1832-1849) to her cousin Catherine Franklin, later Rawnsley, who later gave them to John Philip Gell as mementos of his wife, and 2 letters to her aunt Elizabeth Franklin. |
| Extent | 451 items |
| Level | Series |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |