8 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Samuel Holland. 1753. June 14. Lancaster, Pa. 

 Bond for £100. D. S. 2 p. LXVI, 6. 



jprom Samuel Holland. 1753. June 14. Lancaster, Pa. 



Agreement between Samuel Holland and Benjamin Franklin, printers, 

 as to rent for printing press. D. S. i p. LXVI, 7. 



From P[eter] CoUinson. 1753. July 3. London. 



Acknowledges receipt of letters. Orders eight boxes of seeds from 

 J[ohn] Bartram. A. L. S. 2 p. LXIX, 60. 



From P[eter] Collinson. 1753. July 20. London. 



Glad to hear of the success of Mr. Peters's sermon. The Proprietor's 

 bounty to the Academy. Account of Abbe Nollet's attempt at Paris to 

 declare that Franklin's electrical discoveries could not be verified, and 

 the frustration of the attempt by a nobleman. A. L. S. 3 p. LXIX, 61. 



From Harvard College. 1753. July 25. Cambridge. 

 Diploma of Master of Arts. D. S. i p. Portfolio. 



From P[eter] Collinson. 1753. September 15. London. 



Has recommended Mr. [William] Smith to Mr. Penn, who he hopes 

 will endow a professorship in the Academy. A. L. S. 2 p. LXIX, 62. 



From [Cadwallader Colden]. [1753. November 19.] 

 In reference to water spouts. XLIX, 5. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, 177). 



From John Franklin. 1753. November 26. Boston. 



Furnace stands well ; the glassmen fully employed in making window- 

 glass and bottles, expects the former will be thought good enough to 

 glaze the church. Reasons for the small profits incident to the position 

 of General Postmaster; dishonesty of post-riders. Brother Peter in 

 town and talks of writing to Franklin. Progress of the buildings; a 

 tenant has bespoke one of them. A. L. S. i p. I, 22. 



