88 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



a salary of £3000 sterling per annum ; thinks this absurd, as they do 

 nothing but ape their superiors in a haughty bearing. A. L. S. 3 p. 



II, 141. 



From James Parker. 1768. October 17. New York. 



Hardly able to hold a pen, owing to gout in his right hand. Acknowl- 

 edging his favor of Aug. 9, giving an account of his (Parker's) son's 

 base behavior in attempting to get money of Mrs. Cummings; his 

 wife died on the 7th inst., leaving a girl of three years old ; hopes he may 

 be spared until she arrives above the reach of want of a little education. 

 A. L. S. I p. II, 142. 



From J[osepli] Galloway. 1768. October 17. Philadelphia. 



Affairs of Penns3dvania. Two regiments arrived in Boston, Gov- 

 ernor Franklin attending an Indian treaty at Fort Stanwix. The re- 

 tirement of Mr. Hughes to the country, disgusted with his friends and 

 all the world. A. L. S. 4 p. II, 143. 



Printed, for the most part, in Works (Sparks, VII, 416); (Bigelow, IV, 210). 



From James Parker. 1768. October 24. New York. 



Distressed at his son's meanness and viciousness; hopes Franklin will 

 admonish him; distressed enough in other quarters; bad attack of gout; 

 no settlement with Holt, but thinks he wearies of his confinement. A. 

 L. S. I p. II, 144- 



From Antli[ohy] Todd. 1768. October 31. Gen. Post Office. 



As Lord Le Despencer cannot get at his oats in time for Franklin to 

 send them to America, herewith sends his last year's produce, having 

 added a little more Swiss barley. A. L. S. i p. II, 145' 



From J[oseph] Priestley. 1768. November i. Leeds. 



Introducing the bearer, Mr. Lee of Lincoln's Inn, who is very de- 

 sirous of making his acquaintance; if Franklin will give him the plates 

 of his last work he will deliver them safelj^ Concerning a certain experi- 

 ment in electricity which he describes, and on which he desires Frank- 

 lin's opinion. Proposes to make a few experiments to refute what M. 

 I'Epinasse has advanced in the last volume of ' Transactions,' concern- 

 ing loss of force occasioned by interruptions in the electric circuit; ex- 

 pects to draw up another paper of original experiments for the Royal 

 Society. A. L. S. 2 p. II, 146. 



