58 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



present day, Benny Mecom promises everything but does not pay a 

 farthing. Acknowledging his favor of Feb. 26, just received. A. L. S. 



2 p. II, 18. 



Printed in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc, 2d Ser., XVI, 209. 



By The Assembly of Pennsylvania. 1766. May 7. 



That the Agents of the Province be directed to address their business 

 letter to the Committee of Correspondence. D. attested by Cha[rle]s 

 Moore, Clerk, i p. LII, 56. 



From Tho [mas] Wharton. 1766. May 9. Philadelphia. 



Receipt of the news of the repeal of the Stamp Act. Eminent ser- 

 vices of Dr. Franklin acknowledged. Pennsylvania Hospital. A. L. S. 



2 p. II, 20. 



Printed, with the exception of two unimportant paragraphs, in Works (Sparks, 

 VII, 313)- 



From Isaac Hunt. 1766. May 21. Philadelphia. 



Concerning a contest for the best essay, written on " The reciprocal 

 advantages of a perpetual union between Great Britain and her Col- 

 onies " ; the reward, a medal, was won by Dr. Morgan; the writer 

 was a contestant and considers himself unfairly used by the Trustees of 

 the College; sends both papers to Franklin for judgment; by advice of 

 his friends will publish his essay with a dedication to Franklin, whom 

 he trusts will forgive so great a freedom. On applying for his Master's 

 Degree, an honor he was entitled to, his printer, a poor ignorant man, 

 was summoned and examined as to political pamphlets he (Hunt) had 

 written; later his application was refused, without hearing what he had 

 to say; his ambition greatly checked by this cruel behavior. Praises 

 Franklin's great work in connection with the repeal of the Stamp Act. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. II, 21. 



From Tho[mas] Wharton. 1766. May 22. Philadelphia. 



Joyous and satisfactory news of the repeal of the Stamp Act; uni- 

 versal pleasure it diffused. Illumination took place on the evening of 

 the 20th; on the 21st a handsome dinner was provided at the Stadt 

 House and concluded with much decency. There it was agreed that all 

 who (from a patriotic spirit) had procured suits of home-made cloth 

 should give them to the poor, and on the King's birth day appear in new 



