Letters to Benjamin Franklin i6i 



army, believes force will be met by force. Wishes their good sovereign, 

 King George, would take the advice of such counsellors as Lord 

 Chatham. In all ages the consequence of oppression has been revolution. 

 Let the Parliament only take ye duty ofE tea and not use any coercive 

 measures to obtain satisfaction for the loss of it, and never turn their 

 thoughts on taxing us in future. When the Crown wants assistance 

 from her Colonies let her call upon them to raise men and money in 

 their own way for the King's use, which he has no doubt will be cheer- 

 fully done as heretofore, and then harmony between the mother and 

 her children will subsist. His observations of the spots on the sun. 

 The money bill. A. L. S. 3 P- IV, 19. 



From R[icliard] Jackson. 1774. May 31. 



Opinion on the case of the lands in America bequeathed by Robert 

 French, late of Newcastle, on the Delaware. D. 5 p. LXXVI, 14. 



From Harvard College. 1774. May 31. [Cambridge.] 



On behalf of the Corporation of Harvard College, expresses a vote 

 of thanks to Franklin for presenting their library with a French trans- 

 lation of his philosophical works in 2 vols, quarto. A. L. S. Nath- 

 [anie]l Appleton. i p. (Attested copy.) IV, 20. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, 408, Note). 



From Tho[mas] Percival. 1774. June 21. Manchester. 



Acknowledging a packet of papers on American affairs, which he 

 presumes came from Franklin ; has distributed the pamphlets amongst 

 persons of the first consequence and they cannot fail to make some use- 

 ful impressions. Principles of despotism in the governors and of passive 

 obedience in the people advance in the most alarming progression. En- 

 closes a paper of his on the number of people in Manchester, which is 

 an extract of a long memoir he intends sending to Dr. Price, for the 

 Royal Society. A. L. S. 3 p. IV, 21. 



From Gros. 1774. June 21. London. 



Just arrived at London; desires to wait on Franklin and inform him 



why his brother cannot profit by Franklin's advice. Anxious to settle 



in South Carolina and become a vine-grower. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 



French.) IV, 91. 



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