462 Letters from Benjamin Franklin 



Magna Britania her Colonies Reduc'd. [1766. March.] 



An emblematic plate said to have been designed by Benjamin Frank- 

 lin and struck off on cards and placed in the hands of the members of 

 Parliament as they entered the House on the day preceding the debate 

 on the Stamp Act. i p. 942.073. 



F. 85. 



To [Mrs. Deborah Franklin]. 1766. April 6. London. 



Repeal of the Stamp Act. Domestic affairs. 



P. S. A young man by the name of Joseph Wharton, who said 

 he was sick and in financial distress, begged him to accept a draft on 

 his brother in Philadelphia for twelve guineas; encloses the bill for 

 payment. A. L. S. 3 p. XL VI (ii), 42. 



Printed, in part, in Works (Sparks, VII, 308 ; Bigelow, III, 457 ; Smyth, IV, 449). 



To Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin, Philadelphia. 

 1766. May 18. London. 



Is well. Mrs. [Margaret] Stevenson is getting something to send her. 

 Capt. [James] Robinson has arrived. A. L. S. i p. XLVI(ii), 43. 



To Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin, Philadelphia. 

 1766. June 13. London. 



Is well, but feeble. Will make a tour to Pyrmont. A. L. S. i p. 

 (In duplicate.) XLVI(ii), 44 and 45. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VII, 320; Bigelow, III, 467; Smyth, IV, 459). 



To . 1766. August 22. London. 



Recommends Mr. George Spencer, a merchant of Philadelphia and 

 New York. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. L(i), 54. 



To Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin, Philadelphia. 

 1766. August 25. London. 



Receipt of her letter with the account of the death of his brother 

 [Peter] ; approves of what she did and recommends his desolate sister 

 to the continuance of Mrs. Franklin's tender care and kindness. Mr. 

 [John] Foxcroft, in appointing his brother, did what was agreed upon. 

 Arrangement for his sister's subsistence. A. L. S. 2 p. XLVI(ii), 46. 



