104 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From James Parker. 1769. December 26. Woodbridge. 



Enclosing the bill for £200 sterling just received from Mr. Colden. 

 A. L. S. I p. II, 209. 



From Committee of Merchants of the Town of Boston. 



1769. December 29. Boston. 



Concerning an agreement entered into by the merchants and traders 

 of Boston not to import any goods from Great Britain until all the 

 revenue acts should be totally repealed; reasons why the merchants at 

 New York, Philadelphia and other colonies could not concur with them 

 in this; realizing the importance of all the traders acting upon the same 

 plan, they have agreed to conform to the agreement entered into at 

 New York and Philadelphia. Endorsing some observations of the mer- 

 chants on the Acts of the 4th and 6th George the Third, and also on the 

 conduct of the custom-house officers. L. S. 2 p. II, 210. 



From W[illiam] Masters. [_Circa 1769.] 



Requests that Dr. Franklin would assist an English soldier to ob- 

 tain his discharge. A. L. S. i p. XLII, 29. 



From Gov[erno]r [Thomas] Pownall. [Circa 1769.] 



Introducing Mr. Wilson who desires Franklin's advice as to the state 

 of his lands. A. L. in 3d P. i p. XLI, 170. 



From Alex[ande]r Small. [1769?] Paris. 



Inquires if Captain Nairn gave him a paper on ventilation. A. L. 

 S. I p. XLII, 70. 



By Peter Henry Tesdorpf. 1769. Lubeck. 



Translation of German verses in praise of Franklin for his invention 

 of lightning conductors. Mem. i p. LI, 91. 



From John Ewing. 1770. January 4. Philadelphia. 



Ordered by the Philosophical Society to draw out an account of their 

 observations of the Transits of Venus and Mercury and transmit it 

 to Franklin as their President, through whose hands it may be com- 

 municated to the learned societies of Europe. Asks Franklin to use his 

 influence to have a fixed observatory established in Philadelphia. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. Ill, I. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, 326). 



