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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEP/5/42/6
Former ReferenceD3311/19/9
TitleManuscript poem, first line "Fair maid to you this box I send", in hand of Eleanor Porden
Date[early 19th cent]
Description20 lines, including reference to gift being sent in a "tea chest"; on reverse, drafts of poems "On the Portable Pens", 5 lines, and "How spring with verdure clothes …, 10 lines
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorEleanor Anne Porden, later Eleanor Franklin (1795-1825)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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