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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FEG/1/2/12
Former ReferenceD3287/31/8
TitleLetter from Lady Franklin to her step-daughter Eleanor Isabella Franklin, during Sir John and Lady Franklin's travels in Tasmania
Date[Easter 1837]
DescriptionWritten Sunday.They have been prevented from leaving due to the equinoctial gales, which makes it dangerous to go by sea; they will make another return route, part in boats, the rest by land, hopefully coming home Tuesday or Wednesday. Among things they have done, they have gone down a coal mine, bent double in mud and water, emerging with blackened hands and draggled petticoats. Love to the girls and Miss Williamson and little Emma, and love from Papa.
Paper watermarked 1834. This letter relates to a visit to Port Arthur which took place in Easter (late March) 1837, which ties in with the reference to equinoctial gales
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
SenderJane Franklin
Sender LocationPort Arthur [Tasmania]
RecipientEleanor Isabella Franklin
Recipient LocationHobart Town [in pencil]
Archive CreatorEleanor Isabella Franklin, later Eleanor Gell (1824-1860)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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