Letter from Eleanor Anne Franklin to her husband John Franklin, a few days after the birth of their daughter Feeling tired after having been to church and gone for a ride in the afternoonon; shas been gaining ground fast since she went there, but postponement of visit to Chatham was wise; Dr Thomson came with Mrs Dingley and gave his approval to Tonbridge, but felt it would be better to go there from Chatham, and if they have to go to London, they go there before Chatham; he had been to Devonshire Street and seen Sarah but acted with prudence, not letting her think that he had been summoned by Eleanor but merely named in Franklin's note as having a cold; he tought there was noit much the matter with her, but would go again; he would not take his fee; he did not know about her inpending marriage until told by Eleanor and her sister; no signs of the lungs being affected, so they have to make the plasterer the scapegoat. She has made progress with Captain Hall and likes him very much. She writes 'You are not so civil to the books I want you to read. Are you? Naughty boy!', but is too fatigued to say more than that; she hopes he has enjoyed his tour as much as she has of every new object ,having had her mind bound by four walls so long; she longs to have him back. Written Sunday, 8 pm. Tonbridge has been added in pencil, but this would not seem to be the place where the letter was actually written [possibly Greenwich] 11 Jun 1824