144 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From N[oble] W[imberly] Jones. 1773. January 13. Savannah. 



Has not yet seen Mr. Bryan, but when he does, will take care that 

 Franklin's and Mr. Ellis' request is fulfilled. The present Assembly 

 has elected him Speaker, a proceeding which gave him real pleasure, but 

 must have galled certain arbitrary men ; determined, however, owing to 

 private business, to decline accepting it. A. L. S. 2 p. Ill, 137. 



Fro ?n Rich [ar]d Bache. 1773. January 20. Philadelphia. 



Met several gentlemen while in Jamaica who had a smattering of 

 electricity and were great admirers of Franklin's publications on that 

 and other philosophical subjects; never heard any report there of a 

 building with two conductors being struck by lightning; will ask his 

 friend Mr. Grant of Kingston to make inquiries. Fears he will have to 

 sue Sheets' estate for the amount of Franklin's note. Concerning the 

 expiration of the insurance on Franklin's two houses in Market Street. 

 Mr. Hall's death much lamented. Hopes to hear soon of the com- 

 pletion of the Ohio grant. A. L. S. 4 p. Ill, 138. 



From Jenny Bedford. 1773. February 2. Woodbridge [N. J.]. 



Concerning her father's (James Parker's) affairs; his estate only en- 

 cumbered with those bonds to Mr. Franklin, which they wish could be 

 discharged, as the interest is daily accumulating. Writes on her 

 mother's behalf, who is old and afflicted and would willingly live in 

 peace. Consults him about other accounts left by her father. A. L. 

 S. 2 p. Ill, 139- 



Printed in Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc, 2d Ser., XVI, p. 228. 



From Jona[than] Williams, [Sr.]. 1773. February 15. Boston. 



Concerning the proposal made by Hale's friend for the payment of 

 the debt. Disposition of certain moneys desired by Mrs. Mecom. A. 

 L. S. I p. XXXVII, 19. 



From [Horace-Bendict] De Saussure. 1773. February 23. Naples. 



Conductors of lightning. Project of the Royal Society to ascertain 

 the attraction of mountains. Volcanic eruptions. Experiments on the 

 torpedo. A. L. S. 4 p. (In French.) Ill, 140. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, 371). 



