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out any application on the part of the members; means he took to avoid 

 this; thinks Gov. Bernard and Gov. Golden, by unnecessary officious- 

 ness, have made matters much worse; considers any man who sets him- 

 self up as an advocate of the Stamp Act in the Colonies, is guilty of a 

 mere piece of quixotism; discusses the feasibility of ignoring the Stamp 

 Act. [Conclusion of the letter is missing.] A. L. 4 p. I, 168. 



From Edw[ar]d Penington. 1765. November 14, Philadelphia. 



Four years ago, his correspondence with Springett Penn began, con- 

 cerning his affairs in America ; faithfulness with which he has attended 

 to his concerns; hears from a gentleman of undoubted credit, that the 

 Proprietor has been treating with his nephew for the purchase of Penns- 

 bury Manor; thinks this unfair; not only would he (Penington) lose his 

 commission, but is sure Mr. Penn will not get the worth of his lands. 

 Has reason to believe that Thos. Penn has prejudiced his kinsman 

 against him; asks Franklin to rectify this. Need of surveying the land 

 accurately before selling; mean artifices practised to cheat the elder 

 branch of the Penn family. A. L. S. 3 p. I, 169. 



/^row John Balfour. 1765. November 21. Edinburgh. 



Concerning the debt due him and Mr. Hamilton by James Parker; 

 would like it paid without the trouble of prosecuting; asks Franklin's 

 good offices in this matter. A. L. S. i p. I, 171. 



From Jos[eph] Galloway to Messrs. Jackson & Franklin, London. 

 1765. November 29. Philadelphia. 



Transmitting a memorial from the merchants of Philadelphia to the 

 merchants and manufacturers of Great Britain. A. L. S. 2 p. I, 172. 

 Printed in Works (Sparks, VII, 302). 



From Baynton, Wharton & Morgan. 

 1765. December 6. Philadelphia. 



Concerning a tax on a cargo of rum sent by them to Quebec; if 

 judgment is passed against their agent there, who has declined to pay it, 

 will appeal it to the King in Council ; considers the action of Mr. Mur- 

 ray, Governor of Quebec, in taxing spirituous liquors, a high encroach- 

 ment on their rights as Englishmen. Case of Mr. Cunningham, an 

 attorney at Quebec, who was suspended by the Governor without any 

 stated cause; the real reason was his opposition to the Governor on this 

 same question ; asks Franklin to give him an audience on this subject, 

 when he arrives in England. A. L. S. 2 p. I, 173. 



