Manuscript notes by Lady Franklin on a visit to South Australia, 1840 and manuscript diary of an overland tour to Sydney 1839. Extracts from letters to Sir John describing an overland trip from Melbourne to Sydney in 1839 (manuscript copy). Extract from letter to her sister, Mrs. Simpkinson, describing visit to South Australia, 1841, with an account of the Flinders memorial (4 p.).Material by Sir John Franklin includes: manuscript copy of letter to Mrs. Simpkinson, 14 April 1839. Handwritten letter, 24 May 1842, to Count Strzelecki (4 p.) re. trip to Macquarie Harbour, 1842. Handwritten letter to Lady Franklin, 1 Jan. 1841 (6 p.). Handwritten letter, Launceston, Feb. 1837, to Sir Richard Bourke. Letter to his sister. One page from Ferguson Bibliography.