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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FKA/1/1/2 |
| Former Reference | D3287/31/8 |
| Title | Letter from John Franklin to his sister-in-law Sarah Henrietta Kay, just before his departure on his second Arctic land expedition, referring to the illness of his first wife |
| Date | [Feb 1825] |
| Description | Eleanor feels much better this morning, stil in bed; he regrets his occupations oblige him to be so much from her; for the next three or four days she will want a companion, as he is employed writing his letters to people in Hudson's Bay for deposit of provisions to be made and dispatched to Canada on 4 March; they would both be obliged if Mary Anne were with Eleanor for a few days; he will call for her tomorrow on his return from Woolwich and take her by coach with him; inconvenient for him to write letters in the drawing room, as his papers have to be spread out. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | John Franklin |
| Sender Location | No address |
| Recipient | Sarah Henrietta Kay |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | Kay family of London |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |
| Copies | A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |