Letter (seemingly incomplete) from Mary Louisa Dixon to her cousin Eleanor Gell, mainly about terms of settlement with Lady Franklin regarding the estate of Sir John Franklin Proposal of arrangements to meet up following change of plans by the Dysters; she would like to see Captain Collinson; ships the Eskimaux saw must be Eleanor's father's; comments on the purchases and property investements in Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania] and Australia, and the financial worth of Franklin's estate; she states that she can not imagine a more liberal offer made by Lady Franklin or expected by Eleanor, offering to resign all her life interest and taking away all risk from Eleanor by turning it into money, as long as Lady Franklin was allowed quiet possession of all that was morally and legally hers; she will not give up the right to her £5000 in Australian properties, which Mary Louisa agrees with as right; if it goes to law, Eleanor will have to pay out the £5000 legacy and all the legal expenses and will not be able to include the expenses incurred by Lady Franklin with the expeditions; hopes for an amicable settlement and that Eleanor will agree to the terms offered [1854]