lo Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



should devolve upon men of the first rank of Pennsylvania and not upon 

 clergy who depend on Dutch synods. Hopes to see all such dependence 

 shaken off once they can supply the Germans with ministers from the 

 Academy. Outline of the scheme which he has laid before the Society. 

 Smelled out and broke the neck of Mr. Tennent's scheme, which was 

 for the benefit of the Jersey College, by monopolizing the education of 

 German clergy. His proposition of a German professor of divinity at 

 the Academy to prevent this scheme of drawing the Pennsylvania Ger- 

 mans to the Jersey College. The Proprietor has agreed to give ten or 

 twelve acres of land to every schoolmaster. Has drawn out a short 

 memorial of the case of the Germans without any reasonings or education, 

 which is to be distributed and collections solicited in both houses of 

 Parliament. He doubts not the contributions will amount to a great 

 sum, his Majesty having given £i,ooo and the Princess Dowager £iOO. 

 The Archbishop has greatly encouraged him. Col. Martin, of Antigua, 

 if Mr. Smith returns, will send his youngest son to the Academy, and Mr. 

 Penn talks of sending out a nephew. He (Smith) will return with a 

 formed scheme and an appointment of trustees. A. L. S. 4 p. XLII, 43. 



From P[eter] Collinson. 1754. March 7. London. 



Miscarriage of letters sent by Captain Mitchell. Increased interest 

 of the Proprietor in the Academy. The gold medal from the Royal 

 Society is being sent by [William] Smith. Disturbances in the As- 

 semblies of Virginia and New York. Prof. [Peter] Kalm is publishing 

 his American travels in Swedish. Further electrical experiments. A. 

 L. S. 4 P- LXIX, 57. 



From Richard Jackson. 1754. March 17. Inner Temple. 



Has ventured to commit to paper certain thoughts on the subject of 

 a Medium of Commerce including a plan of a provincial bank; ex- 

 plains his views. Favorable impression, his friend, Mr. Smith, created 

 at Cambridge. Concerning the new model of the Administration, made 

 necessary by Mr. Pelham's death, though the Lord Chancellor, the 

 Duke of Newcastle and most of the old friends of Sir Robert Walpole, 

 hold together, yet they find it difficult to satisfy Mr. Fox, Secretary at 

 War; Mr. Fox's powerful connections, said to extend even among the 

 Royal Family; his refusing the office of Secretary of State; discovered 

 it would curtail his powers in the House of Commons ; rumor that he is 

 to quit everything; Public Service cannot but suffer by this dissension. 

 A. L S. 4 p. (See page 12, LII, 23.) I, 24. 



