43^ Letters from Benjamin Franklin 



To [John Franklin]. 1747. August 6. 



Glad to hear of Mr. [George] Whitefield's safe arrival. Received 

 a letter from Mr. [Joseph] Dowse requesting an explanation of Dr. 

 Franklin's dissatisfaction with Mrs. Steel (e) ; his reply and advice to 

 his brother and sister regarding the affair. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. 



XLV, 3. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, II, 316). 



To Cadwallader Golden. 1747. August 6. 



Franklin's opinion of the inertia of matter. Is glad to hear that 

 Mr. Colden will proceed with the electrical experiments, and is satis- 

 fied that there are workmen in America who can make the apparatus; 

 if Mr. Colden is satisfied to have it made here, he will oversee the work. 

 Mr. [James] Logan is satisfied that some of the faults he formerly ob- 

 jected to in Colden's article on fluxions, are his own. A. Dr. of L. S. 

 2 p. XLV, 4. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, 93; Bigelow, II, 103; Smyth, II, 322). 



To . [1747?] 



Concerning the Articles of Association for the defense of the Province 

 [of Pennsylvania]. A. L. i p. (Final part missing.) LVIII, 47. 



Benjamin Franklin's Will. 1750. June 22. Philadelphia. 

 A. D. S. and witnessed. 4 p. (Mutilated.) L(ii), 14. 



To . \_Circa 1750?] 



Relative to the conductivity of glass. (First part missing.) A. Dr. 

 of L. I p. XLVI(i), 69. 



To . [Circa 1750.] 



Description of a magic circle. A. Dr. of L. 3 p. (Incomplete.) 



L(i), 52, 



Plan for a IVfortgage Association. [Circa 1750.] 

 A. Dr. of Mem. 2 p. L(i), 20. 



