| Description | Aunt's pleasure in receiving letter, own health is poor; Aunt refers to Eleanor's description of the arrival of Captain Ross; laying of first stone for Government House, etc., and a Regatta; Sir John Franklin's increase in salary, hoping that this doesn’t mean they will stay longer than the intended 5 years in Van Dieman's Land [now Tasmania]; reference to "second childhood" of her Aunt Flinders, purchase of "Betsey Island", naming of geographical discoveries after relatives etc., memorial to Captain Flinders to be erected in "Port Lincoln", bogus/very distant 'cousin' of Captain Flinders; hope for a pension for Sir John Franklin when he returns to Britain; General Election in Britain "now raging", Conservative Ministry is "looked forward to"; lots of people riding around in carriages, phaetons, etc., nowadays; birthday wishes; Catharine's engagement to Mr Rawnsley; Willingham going to College in October; Anne Sellwood visiting Bedford Place in London, Emily an invalid due to "foolish engagement" with Mr A. Tennyson, Louisa Turner separated from her husband; other family news; hope that Mary Price and babies are well
Handwriting difficult to read.
Postmarked Horncastle 14 July 1841 with various others for Dec 1841. Also marked as answered 9 Feb 1842. |
| Sender Location | Union Street, Horncastle [Lincolnshire] |
| Recipient | Eleanor Isabella Franklin |
| Recipient Location | c/o Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N., Lieutenant Governor, Van Diemen's Land |