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July 16. 175. ). Franklin sends his &quot;respects to all our 

 old friends of tlie Junto&quot; 



In one to tlie same from London dated September 

 16. 175S, lie gives the characters of Potts and Parsons 

 two of the old members lately dead. 



&quot;Writing to the same from London Feb y . 26. 1761 

 he says &quot;You tell me you some times visit the ancient 

 Junto I wish you would do it oftener. I know they 

 all love & respect you, & regret your absenting your 

 self so much :: :: Since we have held that Club till 

 we are grown gray together let us hold it out to the 

 end&quot; &c 



Again, July 7. 1765 he writes &quot;I wish you would 

 continue to meet the Junto, notwithstanding some 

 effects of our public political misunderstandings may 

 sometimes appear there. It is now perhaps one of the 

 oldest Clubs, as I think it was formerly one of the 

 best in the King s dominions. It wants but about two 

 years of being forty since it was established &quot;- 



-And finally Feb y 27, 1766 lie says &quot;Kemember 

 me affectionately to the Junto&quot; 



This is the last mention I find of the Old Club It is 

 possible it subsisted a few years longer that it may 

 have welcomed to its meetings its Founder on his 

 return from Fngland, & enjoyed with him before its 

 extinction, a few more of those agreeable evenings to 



&quot; The lottery from which the above extracts are taken are very 

 interesting I had tlie good fortune to procure most of them for Mr 

 Sparks. 



