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Letter to Sir John Franklin.
An undelivered letter from Lady Jane Franklin to her husband Sir John Franklin. Jane Franklin wrote frequently to her husband after his disappearance. She drafted this letter six years after his death, and six years before this was confirmed.
Jane’s devotion is apparent; she writes, ‘You must always have felt that I would never rest till I had more tidings of you….It is my heart’s sole thought; the one and only object and occupation of all my faculties and energies. My own dear husband it is for you I live.’
Sent by Mrs Kennedy, in Isabel, March 1853.
Jane’s devotion is apparent; she writes, ‘You must always have felt that I would never rest till I had more tidings of you….It is my heart’s sole thought; the one and only object and occupation of all my faculties and energies. My own dear husband it is for you I live.’
Sent by Mrs Kennedy, in Isabel, March 1853.
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Object Details
| ID: | AGC/F/9/1 |
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| Type: | Manuscript |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Franklin, Jane |
| Date made: | 1853-01-01 - ?; 1853-03-30 |
| Exhibition: | North-West Passage |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: |
Letters, Lady Jane Franklin (Manuscript)
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