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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
  - FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828
    - 1 - Correspondence of Eleanor Anne Porden - 1800-1825
      - 7 - Correspondence between Eleanor Anne Porden and friend Henry Elliott - 1815-1823

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEP/1/7/1
Former Reference	D3311/8/2/1
Title	Letter from Eleanor Anne Porden to unidentified man, possibly Henry Elliott, including on work and ideas for the Attic Chest
Date	15 Feb 1815
Description	She is writing to him to stop him in thinking her negligent; the Attic notes are the first things she has done apart from making nightcaps since he last heard from her; her head has been nearly as bad as his and her eyes worse; she hopes he is quite recovered and that she will be well enough to dance on Friday, as she had to go to bed instead of a dance last night; he must not fail her on Wednesday. She will not be going to Winchester, as Mama is too uncertain to be left with servants, and her sister had told her she would not take charge of her; she hopes to make good use of the time, and that he wil hear of it. She likes what she has done with the Battery, and she is not often pleased with what she does; she has fifty irons in the fire and fears forty nine will burn. She has nearly got through the Recluse and hopes for the Lord of the Isles and the Pilgrims of the Sun tonight as well as another proof, so she has plenty to do. N.B. She has a plan for an essayist, often attempted in the Attic Chest but never successfuly because those begun have no object; she has two good subjects for the first two numbers, and asks if he will aid her.
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	Eleanor Anne Porden
Sender Location	No address
Recipient	Henry Elliott?
Recipient Location	No address
Archive Creator	Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Transcript or Index	[In pencil] Feb 15.1815 Dear Sir, I write a few lines lest you should think me negligent but these Attic notes are almost the first thing <except making a set of night caps> I have done since you last heard from me for my head has been nearly as bad as yours and my eyes worse. I hope to hear that you are quite recovered and I trust I shall be well enough to enjoy a dance on Friday. I was forced to go to bed instead of going to one last night! I have contrived to avoid your 15th, so you must not fail me on Wednesday, and I shall have no objection to your telling me so on Sunday. By the bye I shall not go to Winchester. Mama is too uncertain to be left with servants and as my sister took care to tell me before I asked her at all that she would not undertake the charge of her I must give up my journey. I did not mean to have left Mama to her entirely but if she will not partly undertake the care of her I cannot ask any one else to do so – n’importe. I hope to make good use of my time, and that you will hear of it. By the bye I do like what I have done of the Battery, and it is not often I am so well pleased with what I [do - hole in paper caused by rusty paper clip]. I have about fifty irons in the fire and fear forty nine of them will burn. You shall hear from me again soon if I am not much interrupted for I am always anxious to get on with all that is on hand. I have nearly got thro’ the Recluse and hope for the Lord of the Isles and the Pilgrims of the Sun tonight as well as another proof – so you will say I have plenty to do – the second dinner bell has rung, so farewell – believe me yours sincerely, E.A. Porden February 15th 1815. I like the Sonnetteer No. 1 very much – N. B. I have a plan for an Essayist, a thing often attempted in the Chest but never succeeding because those that begun, begun without an object. I have I think two good subjects for the two first numbers – will you aid me? I do not expect papa will go to Winchester till after Wednesday

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