Miscellaneous Papers 175 



From Benja[mm] Mecom to Mrs. Deborah Franklin, Philadelphia. 

 1754. September 21. Antigua. 



Sends by Mr. House two pots of sweet-meats; if he can get any 

 oranges will send a keg. Describes a hurricane he witnessed on the 13th 

 inst. ; a sickly time of year ; white people die much faster than usual ; 

 describes method they have of announcing the sex of the deceased, by 

 the number of times the bell tolls. A. L. S. 2 p. I, 29. 



From Will[iam] Smith to The Society Entrusted with Monies 

 Collected for the use of Foreign Protestants in Pennsylvania. 



[Circa 1 754-] 

 Brief remarks on the distressed and unformed state of the foreign 

 Protestants in North America, especially in the Province of Pennsyl- 

 vania, with an enquiry into the best means of supplying them with 

 instructors and incorporating them with the English in the rising 

 generation. A few remarks on the same subject by the Archbishop of 

 Canterbury. A. L. S. 17 p. (Copy.) XLIX, 38. 



By . [1754?] 



A speech reproaching the young men of the Province with love of 

 ease and cowardice; need of armed resistance to the French and their 

 numerous bodies of Indians; prophesies the loss of all their out-settle- 

 ments. Mem. 2 p. (Fragment.) LVIII, 121. 



From Pet[er] Timothy to David Hall, Philadelphia. 

 1755. February 6. Ch[arle]s Town, [S. C.]. 



Concerning the amount of paper received and wanted and payment 

 for the same. Will send Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin a piece of cambric 

 by the next vessel. Begs him to send his whole account, as it stands 

 with Mr. [Benjamin] Franklin. A. L. S. i p. I, 31. 



From Pet[er] Timothy to David Hall, Philadelphia. 

 1755. March 5. Charles Town, [S. C.]. 



Hopes he has received the $40 sent by Capt. Cony Edwards. De- 

 sires him to send his whole account now with Mr. [Benjamin] Frank- 

 lin. Delay in getting the paper. Would have sent the money, but dol- 

 lars are scarce in Carolina. A. L. S. i p. I, 32. 



