96 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From The Merchants of Philadelphia. 1769. April 18. Philadelphia. 



Relative to the revenue policy of Great Britain. A. L. S. Jere[mi]ah 

 Warder et al. 2 p. LII, 66. 



Fro 7« James Parker. 1769. May 12. New York. 



Hopes by this time Mr. Foxcroft has arrived safely. Concerning 

 bills for various amounts of money. Necessity for new portmanteaus 

 to carry the mails, which he took the liberty of ordering in one or two 

 instances. A. L. S. i p. II, 173. 



Fro ;/z James Parker. 1769. May 22. New York. 



Franklin has never told him whether he has received any pay from 

 the custom-house; if he has, begs him to pay out of it his two years' 

 subscription to the Chronicle. Concerning a box of books which has 

 never been opened for five years; desires an order from Franklin to that 

 effect, that they may be cleaned and the saleable ones gotten rid of. Will 

 write again by Mr. Robertson, who is preparing to go to England. 

 A. L. S. I p. II, 173H. 



Frow Amelia Evans. 1769. May 23. Tunis. 



Acknowledging his two obliging favors by Mr. Stuart, who arrived 

 a few weeks before; satisfaction experienced by Mr. and Mrs. Traill at 

 supplying a fatherless, friendless young man with the long lost blessings 

 of parental care. Her own early inclinations toward frivolity; checked 

 however by calamities of the heaviest kind. Congratulating him on the 

 marriage of his daughter. A. L. S. 2 p. II, I74« 



From Hannah Walker. 1769. May 24. Westbury. 



Apologizing for the shortness of her husband's letter to Mrs. Steven- 

 son; lack of time the cause; they agree to Mrs. Stevenson's proposals 

 in everything; her kindness in offering to go as far as £150, they are 

 ready to meet the remaining expense and pay her six pounds a year. 

 All her family well. A. L. S. 2 p. II, 175. 



Fro ;?z James Parker. 1769. May 30. New York. 



Has decided, with Franklin's permission, to resign from the custom- 

 house; the duties too arduous for a man of his age, and the salary in- 



