33° Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Sally Parker. [Circa 1786.] 

 Request for money. A. L. S. i p. 



A. E. by Dr. Franklin. An impudent beggar who has heretofore 

 imposed on me and my son to the amount of about £25. XLII, 44. 



From W[illia]m Pollard. [Circa 1786.] 



Increasing number of robberies in Philadelphia; suggests the ex- 

 pediency of opening all letters to persons of evil fame; encloses a 

 list of their names. A. L. S. 2 p. XLI, 208. 



From J[ohn] Swanwick. [Circa 1786.] 



Sending the pamplet which he desires to dedicate to Franklin. A. 

 L. S. I p. XLI, 200. 



Fro?n [John] Swanwick. [Circa 1786. Philadelphia.] 



Asks for the letter for Mr. [John] Adams which he promised. A. 

 N. in 3d P. I p. XLII, no. 



From Samuel Vaughan, Jr. [1786?] 



Account of his failure to see the elder or younger Wharton; has 

 written them to request copies of the letters accompanying the re- 

 mittances made to Mr. [Francis] Coffyn. A. L. S. i p. XL, 133. 



From J[ohn] Vaughan. [Circa 1786.] Monday morning. 



Is prevented by an indispensable engagement from waiting on the 

 President. L. in 3d P. i p. XLIII, 238. 



From [Noah] Webster [, Jr.]. [Circa 1786.] Philadelphia. 



Begging Franklin's perusal of the enclosed papers relative to a 

 proposed selection of essays on America, to be used in the [" Gram- 

 matical] Institute [of the English Language"]. Returning the first 

 volume of Elphinstone's " Principles." L. in 3d P. i p. XL, 139. 



From . [Circa 1786. Postmarked Carnarvon]. 



Requests him to locate, if possible, a young man named Price Hughes, 

 who went to Philadelphia in 1768, and who is now heir to an estate 

 of about £150 a year. L. i p. XLIV, 99. 



