158 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr. 1774. January 24. Boston. 



His debt to Mr. Warren; hopes to pay the balance in full in the 

 spring. Some business which will shortly bring him to England. A 

 business scheme which he and Mr. Joseph Russell wish to put into 

 execution; if Franklin approves, desires his kind interest with certain 

 manufacturers. A. L. 6 p. XXXVII, 27. 



Frojn John Whitehurst. 1774. January 30. Derby. 



Miss Moresby, the 3'oung lady whom Mr. West is so obliging as to 

 take under his tuition, is rendered extremely happy by Franklin's inter- 

 cessions; she takes pleasure in nothing but drawing, therefore hopes she 

 will prove worthy of notice and encouragement. A. L. S. i p. IV, 6. 



From Josh[ua] Babcock. 1774. February 15. Westerly [Mass.]. 



Concerning the fate in Boston of the India Company's 342 chests 

 of tea; many towns in the Colonies entering into agreements and form- 

 ing resolutions to quit all dutied tea. Question of appointing an agent 

 for their little colony [Rhode Island] ; inconsiderable salary ; if, however, 

 Franklin would forget his real dignity and be so unconscious of his 

 intrinsic worth as to deign to write Governor Wanton, feels sure he 

 would be solicited to accept the agency. He is often toasted in Connecti- 

 cut. Tells him of a noted subterraneous prison (once a mine) in Lims- 

 bury, appropriated for the confinement of felons; calls it a hell. A. 

 L. S. 3 p. IV, 8. 



From [Dean] J[osiah] Tucker. 1774. February 21. [London.] 



Partially retracting certain charges against Franklin relating to his 

 conduct about the Stamp Act. A. L. S. i p. IV, 7. 



Printed in Bigelow's Life of Franklin, I, 461. 



From [Dean] J[osiali] Tucker. 

 1774. February 24. Gloucester [England]. 



Concerning the authority on which he based his charges against 

 Franklin. A. L. S. 2 p. IV, 9. 



Printed in Bigelow's Life of Franklin, I, 462. 



