Letters to Benjamin Franklin 147 



From Daniel Wister. 1773. April 30. Philadelphia. 



Having incurred debts in his business amounting to £30,000, has been 

 a prisoner in his own house for nearly three years; impossible in his 

 present situation to make any attempts toward paying the debts; begs 

 Franklin to intercede for him with his creditors in London, a list of 

 whom he encloses; wants them to give him a letter of license for a 

 certain number of years that he may have a chance to pay every man 

 his due. A. L. S. 4 p. in, 148. 



From W[illia]ni Franklin. 1773. April 30. Philadelphia. 



Surprised to find nothing in his favor of March 15th about the Ohio 

 grant, as the Whartons are quite elated with the glad tidings they have 

 received from Mr. S[amuel] Wharton. Absurd behavior of old 

 Wharton in sending one of his sons to ask him to sell his share of the 

 lands on the Ohio. Extraordinary conduct of Lord Dunmore in 

 granting land on the Kanawa, after what he told Lord Stirling. Has 

 small hopes of Dr. [Cadwalader] Evans' recovery. Thought he had 

 satisfied Haynes of there being no such estate as the one he came in 

 search of. A. L. S. 2 p. HI, 149. 



From Benjamin Rush. 1773. May i. Philadelphia. 



Dr. Priestley's experiment with fixed air; his observations thereon. 

 Sending Franklin a pamphlet of his against the importation of negro 

 slaves into Pennsylvania. Desires to see Franklin's treatise on colds; 

 Dr. Cullen's observations on catarrhs and colds. Marriage of Rev. Mr. 

 Coombe. A. L. S. 3 P- LVIII, 61. 



From D. Blunt. [1773?] May i. London. 



Begging him to dine that day at Sir Charles Blunt's to meet Dr. 

 Hawkesworth. A. L. S. 2 p. XLI, 125. 



From Geo[rge] Morgan. 1773. May 4. Philadelphia. 



Asking Franklin to converse with Mr. Wharton on the subject of the 

 enclosed letter, and serve Mr. Baynton's family therein. A. L. S. i p. 



Ill, 150. 



From Jona [than] Williams, Jr. 1773. May 6. Boston. 



Has received a letter from Mrs. Walker expressing great uneasiness 

 as to the welfare of her son ; has endeavored to remove it by the enclosed 

 answer. A. L. S. i p. XXXVII, 22. 



