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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEP/1/4/2
Former ReferenceD3311/3/5/10
TitleLetter from William Porden Kay to his aunt Eleanor Anne Porden, written when a young boy
Date30 Nov [1816]
DescriptionDated 30 Nov, no year given [but other letters were written by the Kay children to their grandparents on the same day in 1816]
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderWilliam Porden Kay
Sender LocationBrighton
RecipientEleanor Anne Porden
Recipient LocationBerners Street, Oxford Street
Archive CreatorEleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Transcript or IndexBrighton Nov 30th.
My Dear Aunt
I hope Grand Mama is better. We all thank her for the Rabbits she was so kind to send us and in return we will send her some corn for furmety at Christmas, but we are now picking the chaff out. I am going to send you a very pretty seal, it is a little Cupid catching an Owl and a Goose in a net and is put round it I catch both wise and foolish. We have had a Play bill with such a long name in it, it is Dorathydumpledumramcumtumfattalumrumdumfustecome, th... called a woman so for shortness. Give my love to Grand Papa and Grand Mama. I remain dear Aunt you [sic] affectionate nephew William Porden Kay.
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