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thought and affection to make company altogether 

 agreeable, and tlie Hours glide with ease and pleas 

 ure.&quot; 



Draft of letter in the possession of Charles Morton 

 Smith, Esq. 



UrdiE ROBERTS TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 



PHILADELPHIA, October 12, 1765. 



. . . The remaining members of the good old 

 Junto adjourned during the warm and short even 

 ings and are now endeavoring to find a House for 

 their and thy reception where we may sit with more 

 satisfaction than of late.&quot; 



Draft of letter in possession of Charles Morton 

 Smith, Esq. 



CADWALADER EVANS TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN. 



PHILADELPHIA, January 25, 1768. 

 . . . &quot;Dr. Bond, then, strenuously endeavored to 

 revive the old Society, begun by your Father 25 years 

 ago & to w lh he had offered to be Secretary [he 

 broached the scheme to several and a plan was fixed 

 and they held a meeting] at Byrnes s to elect a Presi 

 dent, Viee-President, Secretary &c. I was told your 

 Father was to be President and Smith or Ewing Sec 

 retary. Whether they chose the officers that Night or 

 not, 1 cannot say, but they Ballotted in Gov r . Penn & 

 between 20 & 30 others as you will see by the proposals 

 accompanying this. . . . You may have heard that 

 some Members of the young Junto, together with 



