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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - FBO - Records of the Booth family of Lincolnshire, related to Sir John Franklin - 1817-1838
    - 1 - Correspondence of the Booth family of Lincolnshire - 1817-1838
      - 1 - Letters from John Franklin to his sister Hannah Booth - 1817-1838

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FBO/1/1/5
Former Reference	D3311/50/20
Title	Letter from John Franklin to his sister Hannah Booth, on the imminent departure of his second Arctic land expedition, including hopes on his wife's recovery
Date	16 Feb 1825
Description	Letters from Mrs Booth and Mrs Kay are enabling him to embark full of hope for his wife's recovery. Dr and Mrs Hooker are seeing him depart and will then, in London, give Mrs Booth an account of his departure. Letter is signed "half past 9 o'clock" with an addition: "We sail at ten."
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Franklin
Sender Location	Liverpool
Recipient	Hannah Booth
Recipient Location	55 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London
Archive Creator	Booth family of Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Transcript or Index	Liverpool 16th February 1825 My dear Sister Many thanks to you and Mrs Kay for your most consoling letter. I shall now embark in the calmest state of mind and full of hope that through the blessing of God my dearest wife may speedily recover. I hope you will remain with her as long as you conveniently can, and I pray have Tom or any of your friends to see you, particularly Mr Peacock and our nephews. I have not time to write in to Lincolnshire. Will you say we all go off in high glee. Tell Mrs Kay with my kind love I will write to her by the next opportunity, and that Dr and Mrs Hooker who have come here to see us off are going to Town and they will call to tell you all about our departure, and to see my little darling. He is Professor of Botany at Glasgow. Kiss my little darling Eleanor for me. Ever yours most faithfully John Franklin Love to Mr Kay & James and all the family ½ past 9 o’clock We are to sail at ten Liverpool 1825 February Mrs Booth 55 Devonshire Street Portland Place London [in pencil] Last letter in England 1825 Stamped Liverpool FE16 1825 Stamped A 18 FE18 1825

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