152 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From J[oseph] Priestley. 1773. October 14. Calne. 



Experiments on alkaline air. Possibility of Franklin's visiting him. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. Ill, 168. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, 409). 



From Jona[than] Williams [Sr.]. 1773. October 17. Boston. 



Safe arrival of Mrs. Mecom's goods. Prize of twenty pounds drawn 

 by one of his lottery tickets. Death of his brother's son. Thanking him 

 for his offer to serve him and his son in the commission way, A. L. S. 

 I p. XXXVII, 25. 



i^rom Jos [eph] Galloway. 1773. October 21. Trevose, Bucks [Pa.]. 



Recommending to Franklin's notice and advice Mr. John Coxe, who 

 goes to England to finish his study of the law at one of the Temples. 

 A. L. S. I p. Ill, 169. 



From [Baron] F[rancis] Maseres. 



1773- October 26. Inner Temple [London]. 



Having occasion, in his " French Memoire," to quote from the 

 Abbe Raynal's account of the European colonies, he sent him a copy. 

 Hears from the Abbe in reply, that a new and accurate edition of his 

 works is now being printed, and asking him for an exact account of the 

 population, shipping, agriculture, etc., relating to the British colonies in 

 North America ; cannot give this information but begs leave to refer him 

 to Franklin. A. L. S. i p. Ill, 170. 



From R[ober]t Hare. 1773. October 28. Philadelphia. 



Thanks for the recommendations he favored him with; they have 

 been of inestimable value to him in Philadelphia. A. L. S. i p. 



Ill, 171. 



From D[eborah] Franklin. 1773. October 29. [Philadelphia.] 



Accounts of their fine grandchildren. Bad luck with the squirrels. 

 A. L. S. I p. Ill, 172. 



Printed in Bigelow's Life of Franklin, 3d Ed., II, 167^. 



