392 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Tho[nia]s Franklin. 1789. July i. Philadelphia. 



Concerning the interest due on a certain bond; hopes to pay it on 

 the sixth. A. L. S. i p. XXXVI, 151. 



From La Terriere. 1789. July i. Bordentown. 



Desiring the return of a volume of M. [Jacques] Necker's writings 

 lent to Franklin five or six months ago. L. in 3d P. i p. (In 

 French.) XXXVI, 152. 



From R[ober]t Hare. 1789. July 14. Philadelphia. 



Trusts Franklin's papers w^ill promote a reformation in the past system 

 of education; discusses his plan to separate the English school from the 

 jurisdiction of the Provost and Faculty of the College [of Philadelphia] ; 

 thinks this too radical at present. A. L. S. 5 p. XXXVI, 153. 



From John Bondfield. 1789. July 15. Bordeaux. 



French politics; the first two orders forced to unite with the Third 

 Estate; the West Indies represented in the National Assembly, a good 

 precedent for other European States holding Colonies. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXVI, 154. 



From Samuel Vaughan, Jr. 1789. July 18. Philadelphia. 



Sum charged for the musical bells he brought Franklin from Europe. 

 List of books lent to Franklin. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVI, 155. 



From John Walter. 1789. July 18. London. 



Sending him a number of books for which he subscribed ; his failure to 

 procure the King's name at the head of his list of subscribers due, he 

 thinks, to Franklin's name being there. Difficulties in the way of his 

 completing his system of logographic printing ; begs Franklin to recom- 

 mend him both as printer and bookseller, A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXXVI, 156. 



From Sam[ue]l Mather. 1789. July 19. London. 



Sending him an essay on the Powers and Mechanism of Nature, by 

 his friend Robert Young, Esq., also the first report of the London 

 Philanthropic Society, of which Mr, Young was the institutor; recom- 

 mends Mr. Young for membership in the [American] Philosophical 

 Society. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVI, i57- 



