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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FBO/1/2/1
Former ReferenceD3287/31/8
TitleLetter from Eleanor Isabella Franklin to her aunt Hannah Booth, describing the Franklin family's journey out to Tasmania
Date20 Jun 1837
DescriptionShe has received the letter from her aunt with great pleasure on her birthday. She describes their voyage which took four months and eleven days. They passed the time dancing, listening to lectures, and playing games of draughts and chess. They landed at the Cape and spent a fortnight there. During the voyage a man fell overboard, but was rescued, and on one occasion men went out in a boat to catch albatrosses, without success. They arrived at Hobart on 6th January; she describes Government House with its view of the harbour.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderEleanor Isabella Franklin
Sender LocationGovernment House [Hobart Town, Tasmania]
RecipientHannah Booth
Recipient LocationIngold Mills [Ingoldmells] near Spilsby, Lincolnshire
Archive CreatorBooth family of Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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