Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1875 — The Late Lady Jane Franklin. [ARTICLE]

The Late Lady Jane Franklin.

Lady Jane Franklin, whose illness caused sincere regret among her many friends 4ri this country, died last evening, in the seventy-first year of her age. It had been reported that she had partly recovered her health, and correspondents re. marked that the hope of receiving fresh tidings of the ill-fated Arctic expedition in which her husband, Sir John Franklin, was concerned seemed to give her new life. Lady Franklin’s maiden name- was Griffin, and she was bom in Landon. She was married to Sir John Franklin in 1826. Sir John had served in the British navy under Lord Nelson, and had led two expeditions to the Arctic regions before this (his second) marriage. In 1834 he was appointed Governor of Van Dieman’s Land, and during the six years of his administration his wife aided .him in securing the favor of the colonists and natives. A dangerous kind of reptile infested Van Pieman’s*-Land at. this time, and Lady Franklin paid a sum of money for each One that was killed. Consequently the species was soon exterminated. In May, 1845, Sir John Franklin sailed from England for the Arctic seas, in command of the ships Erebus and Terror, hoping to discover the north west passage. The expedition was expected to return in 1847. In that year Lady Franklin, feeling great anxiety for her husband,' began her memorable series of efforts to ascertain his fate. She offered largs rewards to any persons who would-attempt to discover the missing party She made an appeal to the American people in 1849 for their co-op-eration in the search, to which ,the late Henry Grinnell responded. She did not give up her hope of rescuing Sir John Franklin and his party until years after the world felt assured of his death. Finally she sent out the steamer Tox, under the- command of Capt, McClintock, who returned in 1859, two years after his departure, having discovered in May of that year at Point Victory, on King William’s Island, ffie record of Franklin’s death and the bodies of the last survivors of his party. The record had ifteen left in a cairn, and the paper was dated April 25,1848. It., stated that Sir John, died June lWSi'fy >»d that the two ships were. abandtHtesJ wharf th» siwvivpre.los nwnber,. spy-tpti .for The Grsat .Fish , was afterward knighted. Fraklin nuw wotild bring Ugg fqrthß M bßshgild country in 1870, anrf visited tlje HallHn San Francisco, who rfad examined the’spot where the Franklin party came to grief. .While the latest Arctic expedi- ' tion was fitting out she gave it substantial encouragement. To the last she entertained hQpes of receiving a farewell message, whicn she firmly believed her hus- . band had written her. Of late years Lady had been living at Franklin House, jn Lincolnshire, and had collected 1 there a large number of' relics of her husband’s expeditions. Her last message to 'the American people, conveyed by telegraph about two weeks ago, was a' request that slis ahnuld be remembered?ifi ; their prayers at church on the following" Sunday .—.A'.K Evening Post.