136 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From J [ohn] Robertson. 1772. July 14, London. 



Notice to attend the Royal Society's Committee meeting, to consider 

 the request made by the Board of Ordnance for directions how to apply 

 electrical conductors to the powder magazine at Erith. A. L. S. i p. 



Ill, III. 



From E[rasmus] Darwin. 1772. July 18. Lichfield. 



Account of an experiment he tried of filling a bladder with unmixed 

 air from the muddy bottom of the creek, then pricking the bladder with 

 a pin and applying a candle to it; showed no tendency to catch fire. 

 Would be glad of any observations of Franklin's on the alphabet. Is 

 there any truth in the report that somebody has attempted to make a 

 speaking machine? A. L. S. 4 p. Ill, 112. 



From Dr. [Richard] Watson. 1772. July 31. Lincoln's Inn Fields 



[London]. 



Concerning an expedition to Purfleet; hopes Franklin will call to 

 arrange a time before the summer is too far advanced ; whenever the 

 meeting is fixed their President is willing to be of the party. L. in 3d 

 P. I p. Ill, 113. 



From Pat [rick] Wilson. 1772. August 3. [London.] 



On the point of leaving for Glasgow; will take care to deliver the 

 volume of the American [Philosophical Society's] Transactions to the 

 questor of their library. A. L. S. I p. Ill, 114. 



From John Whitehurst. 1772. August 4. Derby. 



Has that day delivered Franklin's clock to Mr. Clark; gives him 

 certain directions as to unpacking it. A. L. S. I p. Ill, 115. 



From Jean Baptiste Toderini. 1772. August 15. Forli. 



Giving an account of a work, published by him, entitled " Filosofia 

 Frankliniana." A. L. S. i p. (In French.) Ill, 116. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, 351). 



i^ro 7// Will [iam] Strahan. 1772. August 21. New Street [London]. 



Asking Franklin to remind Mr. Galloway of the money due him for 

 types and newspapers sent to Mr. Goddard ; hard that he should suffer 

 for the madness and ingratitude of Goddard, when he only obeyed Mr. 

 Galloway's order. A. L. S. i p. Ill, 117. 



