278 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



Fro /Az C[atherine] L[ouisa] Shipley. 1785. September 30. Chilbolton. 



Sending Georgiana [Shipley Hare]'s verses [4 p.] ; Georgiana's mar- 

 riage and the unfortunate circumstances connected with it. News of Sir 

 William Jones. The Slopers at present visiting them. Prefers America 

 to Ireland, there being no Dr. Franklin in the latter country. Sends 

 him a purse with a design of stars and stripes. Report of Franklin's 

 being sent a prisoner to Algiers. A. L. S. 4 p. XXXIII, 202. 



From W[illia]m Vernon. 1785. October i. Newport, R. I. 



Congratulates . him on his return to America. Asks him to send him 

 an account of his son's conduct in Paris, and the cause of his tarrying 

 there. Also wants his opinion of his son's character. Received no 

 letter from him for four years. A. L. S. 2 p. XLV, 204b. 



From The Associates of Dr. Bray. 1785. October 4. London. 



Purchase, by Dr. Franklin's advice, of a piece of land on Market St. 

 [Philadelphia], by the Associates of Dr. Bray; their present wish to sell 

 part of it; informed by Mr. [Francis] Hopkinson that a new street 

 is to be made near their lot ; desires his good offices in this affair on 

 their behalf. Plan for establishing a school for negroes in Philadel- 

 phia. Encloses abstracts for their proceedings for the last year, and a 

 book prepared for distribution among the blacks. A. L. S. Tho[ma]s 

 Lyttleton, Sec[retar]y. 2 p. XXXIII, 203. 



From John Jay. 1785. October 4. New York. 



Looks to him for the reestablishment of union and harmony in Penn- 

 sylvania. Cannot explain why Franklin's letters respecting his grand- 

 son [William Temple Franklin] have not been more efficacious. He 

 and Mrs. Jay delighted at the prospect of seeing Dr. Franklin in New 

 York. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXIII, 204. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 228; Bigelow, IX, 268). 



From Edw[ar]d Bridgen, 1785. October 4. London. 



Just returned from his long tour in the North; greatly improved in 

 health and spirits. Sends the enclosed from the worthy Bishop [of St. 

 Asaph]. A. L. S. i p. XXXIII, 205. 



