184 Miscellaneous Papers 



Byrne vs. Ridgely. 1760. August 16. Dover, Delaware. 



Record of the County Court of Common Pleas. Attested by Samuel 

 Chew, Prothonotary. D. 2 p. LII, 36. 



From Thomas CoUinson to His Uncle. 1760. September 10. London. 



Introduces Mr. Benj[amin] Franklin as a second Prometheus. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. XLVII, 15. 



From P[eter] Collinson to Capel Hanbury. 1760. September 16. 



Recommends his ingenious friends, Mr. [Benjamin] Franklin and his 

 son, and begs him to oblige them with a sight of all his curious operations 

 in Mont Finn. A. L. S. i p. XLVII, 13. 



From Henton Brown to Goldney Smith & Co. 

 1760. September 16. London. 



Recommends Benjamin Franklin and his son, who intend calling 

 at Bristol, and asks if they would supply them with money should they 

 have occasion for some, and place it to his account. L. S. i p. 



XLVII, 14. 



From the General Assembly of Pennsylvania to the Governor 

 [James Hamilton]. 1760. October 17. 



Message objecting to a new requisition of 400 men for the western 

 forts. D. S. Isaac Norris, Speaker. Attested copy. 3 p. LII, 37. 



From Frederick, Langrave of Hesse. 1761. April 24. Braunschwig. 

 Commission of Captain Frederick Stieglitz. (Copy.) LIX, 53. 



From V. Voisin to His Cousin. 



1 761. September 30. Courtelary [Switzerland]. 



Learned with extreme pleasure of the release and return to her 

 people of his cousin, Anne Marie Le Roi, who was made prisoner with 

 her brother Jean Jacques. Hopes the latter will soon be set free also. 

 Thinks the conquest of Canada or peace which is expected to be made 

 at an early date, will bring about the release of all such prisoners. 

 Speaks of their friends and relatives in Europe; tells about the crops 

 and his own personal affairs and mentions a few local events of im- 

 portance. A. L. S. 4 p. (In French.) XLVII, 16. 



