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thought and affection to make company altogether 

 agreeable, and the Hours glide with ease and pleas- 

 ure. " 



Draft of letter in the possession of Charles Morton 

 Smith, Esq. 



HUGH ROBEETS TO BENJAMIN FBANKLIN. 



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." 



Draft of letter in possession of Charles Morton 

 Smith, Esq. 



CADWALADEK EVANS TO WILLIAM FKANKLIN. 



PHILADELPHIA, January 25, 1768. 

 . . . "Dr. Bond, then, strenuously endeavored to 

 revive the old Society, begun by your Father 25 years 

 ago & to w ch 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, Vice-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, I 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 



