Description | Considers letters from Back at Fort Reliance about geographical observations. McConochie published in The Times today. Refers to relative positions of Back and Hearne. Writes at length about his brother James Franklin, very ill at Greenwich: refers to symptoms, medicine prescribed, doctors consulted: asks Richardson for recommendations. Has had no discussion with James about his will. Discusses where his sister Bella may live: expense of current arrangement cannot be sustained. Reference to Jane Franklin being in Cairo. Letter only dated 19 June, but the year 1824 has been added in pencil; the year is actually 1834, as George Back had wintered at Fort Reliance, James Franklin died in August and Jane Franklin was in Cairo in May of that year, |
Sender Location | 21 Bedford Place [London] |
Recipient Location | Melville Hospital, Chatham |