| Description | Letter written from [? Fludyer St.], discussing disagreements between Captain Machonochie (private secretary to Sir John Franklin and prison reformer) and Sir John Franklin (Lieutenant-governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837-1843), and the subject of convict treatment. Martineau writes she has not heard Franklin's side of the argument, so has declined to make use of Machonochie's papers at present. |