Letters to Benjamin Franklin 109 



From The Province of Georgia. 1770. May 10. 



Ordinance re-appointing Benjamin Franklin its Agent in Great 

 Britain. Attested copy, 3 p. LXXVI, 10. 



From James Parker. 1770. May 10. New York, 



Concerning certain bills of exchange. Wishes he could get into some 

 warmer climate in his old age. Contributed as much as he could 

 towards getting Lewis Jones a passage to South Carolina. Sale of B. 

 Mecom's books amounted to £175. A. L. S. i p. Ill, 15. 



Printed in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc, 2d Sen, XVI, 226. 



From The Committee of the Assembly of Georgia. 

 1770. May II. Savannah. 



Notification of re-appointment as Agent in England for the Province. 

 L. S. James Habersham et al. i p. (Original and copy.) 



LII, 78>^ and 83. 



From The Committee of the Assembly of Georgia. 

 1770. May 23. Savannah. 



Explanation of the instructions of the Assembly to its Agent in Great 

 Britain. A. L. S. James Habersham et al. 4 p. LII, 79. 



From Hum[phr]y Marshall. 1770. May 28. Chester Co., Pa. 



Question of whether the merchants will hold out in their resolve to 

 import nothing from England. Spirit of industr>^ among the people of 

 Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia; great noise about the manu- 

 facture of silk. Thanking Franklin for sending him a small reflecting 

 telescope. Hopes if England does take off the duties the American peo- 

 ple will not forget the cause of their past resentment, but will manu- 

 facture those articles necessary for their own consumption. Prophesies 

 bloodshed. A. L. S. i p. Ill, 16. 



From John Ewing. 1770. June 14. Philadelphia. 



Concerning the observations of the Transit of Venus. Question of 

 erecting an observatory in Philadelphia. A. L. S. 2 p. Ill, 17. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, 330). 



