Miscellaneous Papers 217 



From Lord Hillsborough to William Franklin. 



1772. July I. Whitehall. 



Relative to the action of the Lords of Trade upon the disallowance 

 of two New Jersey laws. L. S. i p. XL VIII, 142. 



From Benjamin Wilson to Sir Charles Frederick. 

 1772. August 21. Royal Society House [London], 



Informs him that a committee was appointed by the Board of Ord- 

 nance to consider the most proper method of securing the Magazine 

 at Purfleet from lightning. Doubt arose in his mind as to the propriety 

 of points which were proposed to be fixed on the top of each conductor. 

 A copy of his letter of dissent to the pointed conductors. Reasons for 

 objecting to the pointed conductors. A. L. S. 3 p. XLVII, 56. 



From Nath[anie]l Briggs to David Mill, Charles Bell, and Thomas 

 Drue, on the Coast of Africa. 1772. November 20. Rhode Island. 



Recommending Captain Richard Grinnell who has taken passage for 

 the coast, in order to introduce himself into the African trade. A. L. S. 

 I p. XLVII, 57. 



From The Compagnie des Indes to M. Le Cordier. 



1772. December 5. Paris. 



Expressing appreciation of his and the other employees past services 

 and wishing them well for the future. L. i p. (In French. Copy.) 



LX, 63. 



From Earl of Stirling [William Alexander] to William Franklin. 



1772. December 5. Williamsburg. 



The boundary between Virginia and the new country to the west. 

 Also an advertisement by Tho[ma]s BuUett, Surveyor, relative to 

 claims in the new country. L. 2 p. (Copy.) XL VIII, 143. 



By Major Robert Rogers. [1772?] 



Proposal to the Royal Society of London to make an attempt by 

 land to discover a navigable passage by the North West from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Mem. 12 p. LVII, 69. 



