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From Timothy Folger to Sir Jeffery Amherst. \_Circa 1761.] 



Memorial in behalf of the inhabitants of the Island of Nantucket, 

 that they may be allowed to settle on the Island of St. John's, to carry 

 on cod and whale fisheries. A. Dr. by Benjamin Franklin of L. S. 

 2 p. L(i), 23. 



The Province of New Jersey in Account with Jos[ep]h Sherwood 



[Provincial Agent in England]. 1 761-1766, 

 Balance sheet. Mem. 2 p. LXVII, 131. 



From Tho[ma]s Hutchinson to Richard Jackson, London. 

 1762. February 9. Boston. 



Immediately after the restoration of Charles II, there were many 

 regicides who fled from justice to America, and among them were three 

 of the judges, [Edward] Whalley, [William] Goffe and [John] Dix- 

 well. Orders were given to apprehend them. An account of how and 

 where the first two judges spent their lives. An account of the life 

 of Col. Dixwell while in New England. A. L. S. 3 p. XL VII, 17. 



From J[oseph] Browne, Vice-Chancellor [of the University of Ox- 

 ford] to Dr. [John] Kelly. 1762. February 22. 



Offers to confer on [Benjamin] Franklin the degree of D. C. L., 

 Honoris Causa, whenever he shall be pleased to visit the University. 

 Mem. S. I p. LVIII, 48. 



From Cha[rle]s Somerset Woodham to Samuel Soumain, 

 Philadelphia. 1762. July 22. Kingston, Jamaica. 



Reminds him that he has a power of attorney to recover some of his 

 plate in the hands of Mr. [Benjamin] Franklin. Wants to know 

 whether he got the plate and whether Mr. Franklin obliged him to 

 pay what he said was coming to him from Mr. Daniels's estate. Hopes 

 that if he advanced the money he made Franklin make path to his 

 debt, as otherwise he cannot charge it to Mr. Daniels's estate. Asks 

 him to send an account current, that he may see what balance is 

 due Soumain. A. L. S. 2 p. XLVII, 18. 



