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[Lady Franklin] Cracroft, Sophia; Smith, Dorothy Blakey Lady Franklin Visits the Pacific Northwest Being Extracts from the Letters of Miss Sophia Cracroft, Sir John Franklin's Niece, February to April 1861 and April to July 1870 Victoria, B. C., Canada Provincial Archives of British Columbia 1974 First Edition Wraps Very Good No Jacket 8 PLATE ILLUSTRATIONS Provincial Archives of British Columbia MEMOIR XI Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Dorothy Blakey Smith. "Miss Sophia Cracroft 44 year old niece of Sir John Franklin was the eldest daughter of Franklin's sister Isabella and Thomas Cracroft, a gentleman farmer of an ancient Lincolnshire family, Sophia had accompanied the Franklins to Tasmania when she was only 20....When the Erebus sailed for the Arctic in 1845 Franklin had his niece's promise that she would remain with his wife until his own return. Never was a promise more faithfully kept. Sophy, as she was affectionately known, was her aunt's stay and comfort during the years of waiting, and counted this a privilege...." Very good beige wraps. Light wear, 1974, 8vo, xxviii, 157pp. Price:
41.35 CAD
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