Letter from Eleanor Anne Porden to John Franklin, while he is visiting relations in Nottingham, including references to improvements her own health and the Royal Institution, said to be waning Is ashamed about the quality of her last letter to John. Feels that it would not have been sent on reflection. Has been starved of books and society. Feels congratulations are in order for her getting over her ailments. Mr. Millington gives his lecture on electro-magnetism tomorrow. Offers to take notes for John so that he may comment in his next correspondence. Must take leave of the Royal Institution as she has been warned it is waning. Will be sad as it was the font of a good deal of her knowledge. Will not have London be seen as the source of all evils. Hopes that her letter is not boring Franklin. Trusts that her cares and attentions as a wife and mother will be received as well as they were as a daughter. 4 Jun 1823