322 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Peter Hasenclever. 1786. October 25. Landeshutt, Silesia. 



Acknowledging Franklin's aid in obtaining the payment of a bill 

 of exchange; account of the entire business. Death of their King 

 [Frederick the Great] ; description of his good deeds ; his successor, 

 Frederick William II, following in his footsteps. The approaching mar- 

 riage of the Archduke Fran[ci]s [I, of Austria] and the Princess of 

 Wiirtemberg. A. L. S. 3 p. XXXIV, 160. 



From Joseph Donath. 1786. October 27. Philadelphia. 



Offering to sell Franklin a case of Tokay wine just received from 

 Vienna. A. L. S. i p. XXXIV, 161. 



From [Dr.] Tho[mas] Percival. 1786. October 27. Manchester. 



Acknowledgment of his letter and of the volume of American Philo- 

 sophical Transactions intended for their Literary [and Philosophical] 

 Society. Necessity of adopting measures to purify the air of Manchester. 

 Medical school established at Manchester, also an institution similar to 

 the late Academy at Warrington. Dr. Priestley engaged in attempts to 

 convert the Jews. Dr. [Andrew] Kippis busy with a life of Capt. 

 [James] Cook. Dr. Price's grief at his wife's death ; volumes he is 

 preparing for publication. New Pharmacopoeia presented by the Col- 

 lege of Physicians in London. A. L. S. 4 p. XXXIV, 163. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 273; Bigelow, IX, 344). 



From Noah Webster, Jr. 1786. October 28. Hartford. 



Success of his lecturing tour; very much in need of money for the 

 winter; unable to afford a trip to Philadelphia; chance of a subscription 

 being obtained for a repetition of his lectures in Philadelphia; possibility 

 of his obtaining the professorship of oratory at the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, offered to him once before by President [John] Ewing; begs 

 Franklin to assist him in carrying out one or the other of the above plans. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. XXXIV, 162. 



From Sarah Pascall [^Circa 1786.] October. Philadelphia. 



Asking for pecuniary assistance until she can procure a position as 

 housekeeper. A. L. S. i p. XLII, 118. 



