| Description | Frontispiece: Details of provenance provided by Philip Lyttelton Gell
Pages 1-17 Written from Fort Enterprise, Winter Lake, Lat.64°28N Long. 113°4W, to his brother-in-law Rev. T.B. Wright, Boston, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 18 Oct 1820, during his first Arctic land expedition, postmarked 22 Oct 1821:
Pages 18-19 Written from London, to his brother-in-law Henry Sellwood, esquire, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 22 Oct 1822, following return from his first Arctic land expedition:
Pages 20-21 Written from 60 Smith Street, Soho, to his brother-in-law Henry Sellwood, address unknown, 21 Nov 1822 (dated by postmark), on his appointment to rank of Post Captain:
Pages 22-23 Written from unknown address, to his brother-in-law Henry Sellwood, esquire, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 15 Feb 1823, on financial arrangements:
Page 24 Written from ... Street, ... Place [Devonshire Street, Portland Place], to his unnamed sister [probably Betsey], Jun 1824, on birth of daughter:
Pages 25- 33 Written from Vale Cottage, Tunbridge Wells, to his brother-in-law, Henry Sellwood, address unknown, 9 Sep 1824, relating to the possible residence of Isabella Cracroft and family:
Page 34-42 Written from Fort Franklin, Great Bear Lake, to his brother-in-law Rev. T.B. Wright, near Boston, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 6 Feb 1826, during his second Arctic land expedition, partly on the loss of his late wife:
Pages 43- 54 Written from 55 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, to his sister Betsey Franklin, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 29 Aug 1830, including postcript from Lady Franklin:
Pages 55-64 Written from H.M.S. Rainbow, Malta, to his sister Betsey Franklin, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 8 Jan 1831, while on military duty in the Mediterranean:
Pages 65-75 Written from H.M.S. Rainbow, Corfu, to his sister [?Betsey], Major Franklin's, 29 Portland Street, London, 28 Mar 1832, while on military duty in the Mediterranean:
Pages 76-82 Written from H.M.S. Rainbow, Napoli di Romania, to his sister Miss [Betsey] Franklin, J. Booth's, Ingoldmells, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 12 Aug 1833, while on military duty in the Mediterranean, but including seeing some of the sights at Constantinople and Troy:
Pages 83-92 Written from 2 Park Terrace, Greenwich, to his sister Miss [Betsey] Franklin, at Mr Collins, Above Hill, Lincoln, 9 Jul 1834, concerning the illness and spiritual state of their brother, James Franklin [died 31 Aug 1834]:
Pages 93- 97 Written from 21 Bedford Place [London], to his sister Miss [Betsey] Franklin, Horncastle, 26 Mar 1836, on his turning down the governorship of Antigua
Horncastle, Lincolnshire:
Page 98 Written on a ship, Hobart Town, to Miss [Betsey] Franklin, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 6 Jan 1837, reporting their safe arrival in Hobart [Tasmania]:
Pages 99-103 Written from Government House, Van Diemen's Land [now Tasmania], to his sister Miss [Betsey] Franklin, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 31 Mar 1838, during his governorship in Tasmania:
Pages 104-107 Written from Government House [Hobart], to his sister [Betsey] Franklin, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 22 May 1838, during his governorship in Tasmania:
Pages 108-113 Written from Government House [Hobart], to his sister [Betsey] Franklin, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 16 Apr 1839, during his governorship in Tasmania.
Softback black cover.
Bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell pasted on inside cover. |