438 Letters from Benjamin Franklin 



To W[illia]m Franklin. 1753. July 23. Boston. 



Glad to hear that he has taken a circumstantial account of the ap- 

 pearance at Trumble's house, which is sufficient to establish his new 

 hypothesis of the direction of lightning. Received a pane of glass and a 

 letter from Mr. [Ebenezer] Kinnersley mentioning his suspicions that the 

 stroke was upwards. Wrote Mr. K. a short account of the experiment 

 he made before he left home, and refers him to William Franklin for the 

 explanation according to the new hypothesis. Expects to set out for 

 home next Monday. 



P. S. Encloses a letter from William Franklin's uncle with a power 

 of attorney, and desires him to attack for Franklin & Williams, Grant's 

 right to Pitt's Walnut Street land by virtue of his mortgage. A. Dr. 

 of L. S. 2 p. XLV, 8. 



Printed, in part, in Works (Smyth, III, 147). 



To Cadwallader Golden. 1753. November 19. 



An answer to observations by Mr. Colden upon the letter from Dr. 

 Franklin of May 3, 1753, to Jared Eliot. (Read at the Royal Society, 

 Nov. 4, 1756.) A. Dr. of L. 2 p. L(i), 3814. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VI, i8o; Smyth, III, 186). 



Conferences with Indians at Carlisle in September, 1753. 

 A. Mem. 2 p. L(ii), 49. 



Draught of the Plan of Union Proposed at Albany. 



1754. July 9. 



Influence of the French among the Indians; their design to surround 

 the British Colonies. Rules for governing the Grand Council and 

 powers to be entrusted to that body. Mem. 2 p. (Many pages 

 missing.) LVIII, 116. 



Printed in O'Calloghan, Doc. Hist, of New York, II, 608-609 ^^^ 613-614. 



To [Mrs. Deborah Franklin. Circa 1754]. 



Presents his duty to her mother and love to the children and to all 

 his friends. A. L. S. I p. XLVI(ii), 96. 



