| Description | Arrived at first stage of voyage as expected; unloading transport ship, setting out provisions; making magnetic and astronomical observations; natural history collecting; stores for three years; enough stores to try other directions if need to; all in good health so no need to worry if do not come back when expected - Jane and Eleanor also told not to worry; good officers and crew; influenza/cough has cleared up; only know a little about the ice they will encounter but have heard that it is good; will find out for themselves in a few days; Transport ship sailing for England tomorrow; they will set sail shortly afterwards; prayers of family and of John Franklin himself; Moravian missionary stations in Greenland, practical as well as religious instruction, no intermarriage; another station nearby where Inuit sell seal oil and skins to the Danish Government, several Inuit can read Bible, children must attend school, taught by minister and/or "half-caste esquimaux"; spread of Gospel, expectation that ships should help to spread the Gospel; hope that Jane, Eleanor and Sophy can enjoy their trip to Lincolnshire; reference to anxiety caused by the "Pamphlet", recommends that they should then go abroad and distract themselves from the matter of Mr Montague and Lord Stanley; has written to all his sisters, asks them to send love to everyone; hopes to spend more time with family on his return, subject to God's blessing |
| Sender Location | Whale Fish Island, Bay of Disco [Greenland] |