i8o Miscellaneous Papers 



From to Geo[rge] Croghan, Easton, Pa. 



1757. July 25. 



Relative to the troubles they had with the Indians of Pennsylvania 

 about lands purchased from their ancestors. L. 4 p. XLIX, 40. 



William Franklin's Accounts. 1757. 

 Mem. I p. LXVII, iii. 



Fro?n Cha[rle]s Thomson to William Franklin. 

 1758. January 2. Philadelphia. 



Indian affairs. Pennsylvania politics. Death of William Parsons, 

 of Northampton. Marriage of [William] Moore. Sends respects to 

 Mr. [Benjamin] Franklin. A. L. S. 4 p. XLVIII, 121. 



From Benjamin Mecom to Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin. 

 1758. January 30. Boston. 



Received a letter from his brother Ebenezer, the baker, with the 

 money for the bolting cloth, and according to her instructions he sent 

 her the money, after paying his brother John for the spoons she presented 

 them with. Showed Cousin [Jonathan] Williams [Sr.] her letter con- 

 cerning Mr. [Joseph] Dowse, which he does not understand; asks her to 

 send the amount on a slip of paper, he will deliver it, receive the money 

 and send it to her. Report that Uncle [Benjamin] Franklin was further 

 promoted at home. A. L. S. 2 p. XLVIII, 79« 



i^rom C[harles] Thomson /o William Franklin. 1758. March 12-16. 



Has had no answer to his letters. Indian affairs and Pennsylvania 

 politics. A. L. S. 4 p. XLVIII, 122. 



From Benjamin Mecom to Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin. 



1758. April 10. Boston. 



Acknowledges the receipt of three parcels of papers. Shall be glad 

 if she can replace the ten reams he delivered to [Samuel] Kneeland, 

 as he is still about an edition of the psalter and has not enough paper. 

 Sorry he cannot pay her now, but promises to send her some money 

 when the psalter is finished. Asks for the price of the smallest and 

 plainest of the Pennsylvania fire places, as he will need one for his 

 office during the winter. A. L. S. 2 p. XLVIII, 80. 



