Letter from Hannah Booth to her brother John Franklin, reporting the death of his wife Eleanor After note that his daughter is well with two more teeth, she reports the sad news of his wife's death; she lived to hear he had left and had wished for his success and safe return; her sufferings were very great until shortly before her death, but she did not have the struggles they had both witnessed; she had been eating well until evening of Monday 21st; the next day there was a visble change in appearance but no waning in her mental powers; Hannah read to her from St Matthew's Gospel, which Eleanor approved of her doing; description of her final hours; her end was calm, which occurred at a quarter before midnight on 22 February; the body was opened by Mr Guthrie to ascertain the cause of death, within adhesions on the left side of the lungs; her life could not have been saved, the complaint a long term one; Dr Thompson would provide a more detailed account; her funeral is not taking place before March 1st; news of death of their sister in India [Catherine Burnside, died 22 Sep 1824], leaving two orphaned infants. 25 Feb 1825