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Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin

Catalogue reference: D8760/F/FEG/2

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This record is about the Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin dating from 1836-1850.

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Reference

D8760/F/FEG/2

Title

Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin

Date

1836-1850

Description

The diaries relate to her time in Tasmania while her father was Lieutenent Governor of Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] including the journey out, her later travels with her aunt to the Americas, the continent and within England, and after her marriage to John Philip Gell. She was not a consistent writer in her diaries, and there are frequent gaps between dates, as well as lengthy periods when not entires were made.

Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Creator(s)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth; Eleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Physical description

11 volumes

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8ab16440-b2b0-4c9a-95ec-d1b73fd25f61/

Series information

D8760/F/FEG

Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin...

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Catalogue hierarchy

103,486 records

This record is held at Derbyshire Record Office

2,203 records

Within the fonds: D8760

Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

2,185 records

Within the sub-fonds: D8760/F

Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall

530 records

Within the series: D8760/F/FEG

Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin...

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Diaries of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin