Letters to Benjamin Franklin 107 



From John Perkins. 1770. March 12. Boston. 

 Concerning a notion he has that pit-coal is a vegetable production; 

 these thoughts occasioned by accounts the Irish give of using peat as 

 fuel ; anxious to visit the coal mines. A. L. S. 2 p. Ill, 10. 



From R[odolph] E[ric] Raspe. 1770. March 17. Cassel. 



Recommending Mr. Lichtenberg, Professor of Mathematics in the 

 University of Giessen, who is very desirous of his acquaintance. Re- 

 ceived the compliments Franklin was .kind enough to send him by Mr. 

 Merk. Hopes the new edition of his Electrical Letters will soon be 

 finished. A. L. S. 2 p. Ill, n. 



From The Freeholders and Inhabitants of Boston. 

 1770. March 22. Boston. 



Resolution that the news of the recent massacre by the soldiery in 

 Boston be sent to Benjamin Franklin. D. S. William Cooper, Town 

 Clerk. I p. LIII, I. 



From A Committee of the New Jersey Assembly. 

 1770. March 27. Burlington. 



Ask Dr. Franklin to do all in his power to overcome opposition to a 

 bill just passed, entitled " An act to provide a more effectual remedy 

 against excessive costs in the recovery of debts." Wish to hear the 

 latest resolutions of Parliament in regard to the laying of duties. A. L. 

 S. Hend[ric]k Fisher et al. i p. LIII, 2. 



From [Jean Baptiste LeRoy. 1770.] April 22. Paris. 



Plans for seeing Franklin in England before the end of the year. Has 

 sent him his brother's [Pierre LeRoy] work on the determination of 

 longitude at sea. Promises to send him Abbe Galiani's work, Sur les 

 Commerces des Bles. Project to raise a statue to Voltaire before his 

 death. Recommending his brother, the physician [Charles LeRoy], 

 to Franklin and Mr. Pringle. A. L. 4 p. (In French.) XLII, 179. 



From James Parker. 1770. April 23. New York. 



Concerning certain bills of exchange. Prospect of a settlement be- 

 tween himself and Holt. Wrote to Quebec for the papers containing 

 Franklin's examination; herewith sends them. Account of the trial 



