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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
    - 3 - Manuscripts in hand of Eleanor Anne Porden - 1809-1823

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FEP/3/1
Former Reference	D3311/25/2/1-12
Title	Manuscript writings collected together under "Peter Plod"
Date	[1809]
Description	Verse and letters on the romance of Peter Plod, a bachelor potato merchant, and Polly Brown, for whom Miss Porden acts as some sort of go-between; some items addressed to Miss Brown or Miss Porden of Berners Street. Two sheets watermarked 1806 and 1807, two postmarked for 14 Mar 1808 and Feb 1809
Extent	12 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Eleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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