• Title
  Franklin family - letters from John Franklin to family members, 1802-1803
• Creator
  Franklin family
• Call number
  C 231
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1802-1803
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  411754
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 1590 (C 231)
  
• Physical Description
  1 volume - 0.01 Meters
  Textual Records - (manuscript)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) served as midshipman under Matthew Flinders, his uncle by marriage, in the Investigator during its survey of the Australian coast, 1801-1803. From 1837 to 1843 he was lieutenant-governor of Tasmania. He commanded several expeditions of Arctic exploration and died in 1847 during an attempt to discover the North-West passage.
• Scope and Content
  18 Oct. 1802; Letter to Miss A. Franklin of Spilsby, Lincolnshire, addressed as 'Dear Sister', written whilst on board the Investigator on the northwest coast of New Holland. Franklin provides a physical description of Port Jackson (Sydney and the Harbour), the social composition of the settlement, produce and the possibilities of the wool trade, observations and interactions with the indigenous population, wildlife, meeting with the French discovery ships, differences in coastline from Cook's journey, and family matters.
  15 Aug. [1803]; Letter to Mrs Wm. Franklin, No.2 Alms Court, Temple, London, addressed 'Dear Mother'. Franklin describes the poor condition of the Investigator and the wreck of the the Porpoise. In Dec 1802, the Investigator was found to be rotten and left at Port Jackson. Governor King fitted out the Porpoise with Lieut. William Fowler as captain. On 17th August, the Porpoise was wrecked on a reef seven hundred miles north of Port Jackson, with the crew stranded on a sandbank. Flinders went to Sydney in a cutter for assistance and secured the ship, Rolla. The Rolla then proceeded to China.
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D36409/a1291.pdf
• General note
  
  D.S. Mitchell signature on front endpaper.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823539
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Embossed on spine, "Two Letters from Australia. Sir John Franklin. 1802-3."
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847
  
• Name
  Investigator (Ship)
  Porpoise (Ship)
  
• Subject
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  Shipwrecks--Queensland--Coral Sea.
  Voyages and travels--19th century.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19405111

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