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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
  - GMF - Records of Mary Frances Gell, grand-daughter of Sir John Franklin - 1930-1940
    - 1 - Correspondence of Mary Frances Gell - 1930-1940

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/GMF/1/3
Former Reference	D3311/12
Title	File of papers relating to the arctic flowers on the wedding dress of Eleanor Anne Porden, 1823
Date	[1935]
Description	Comprising typescripts (2) of extract from letter by John Franklin to John Richardson, addressed from Keal, Lincolnshire, on Mr Francis admiring his wife's wedding dress, with ornamentation of three plants from their narrative, which Franklin had been aware on the first day or until it had been pointed out to him, 7 July 1823; manuscript copy and typescripts (3) of extracts made by the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, taken from Franklin's First Journey to the Polar Sea, published 1823, relating to the three plants named Phlox Hoodii, Eutoca Franklinii and C. Richardsonii; envelope addressed to Miss M.F. Gell, Harewood House, Keyhaven, Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire, sent from Lewes, post stamped 1935
Extent	8 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Mary Frances Gell (1854-1946)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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