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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/15/19
Former ReferenceD3311/31/17
TitleLetter from Hannah Booth to her niece Eleanor Isabella Gell, on the recognition of Sir John Franklin being dead and on reconciliation between Eleanor and Lady Franklin
Date23 Nov 1854
DescriptionGrateful to niece and husband for offer to stay with them; hopes to be with them in mid-December; hopes to find them in good health; grateful to God; praying for His guidance; husband and brother in "heavenly rest"; both lived according to God's commands; glad that niece is reconciled with Lady Franklin and that she is coming to stay with them; hopes that there will be no future estrangement; has written to Lady Franklin twice but no reply "as yet"; hopes that time will sooth Lady Franklin, who no longer needs to speculate; Government are searching for records, cannot do anything else; reflects on how all other expeditions have come back safely except theirs, with no-one "left to tell the tale of many lost ones", it being the will of God; love to niece.
Paper black-edged.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderHannah Booth
Sender LocationFriskney Vicarage
RecipientEleanor Isabella Gell
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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