464 Letters from Benjamin Franklin 



To [Mrs. Deborah Franklin]. 1766. December 13. London. 



Wonders she had not heard of his return from Germany, as he wrote 

 by the August packet and by a ship from Holland just as he was 

 coming over. Asks her whether she paid off Mr. Siddons, and got 

 the deeds recorded. Wants to know what money she received from 

 his brother Peter on the account of the Post Office. Wants to know 

 how her tenants pay, what rent she receives, whether she insured the 

 house, and whether any use is made of the house Mrs. Broughton 

 lived in. A. L. S. i p. XLVI(ii), 48. 



To Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin, Philadelphia. 

 1766. December 15. London. 



Desires her to send him three or four young trees of the Newton 

 Pippin kind or else a few cuttings for grafts, soldered up in a tin 

 tube to keep them from dying. A. L. S. i p. XLVI(ii), 49. 



On the Issue of Paper Currency in the American Colonies. 



[1766.] 

 A defence of the system. A. Dr. of Diss. 4 p. L(i), 14. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VII, 322, Note). 



To [John] Swinton [Jr. Circa 1766.] 



Glad the intelligence procured from Governor Franklin relating to 

 his lands in New Jersey afford him any degree of satisfaction. Recom- 

 mends to his friendly offices Mr. [Jonathan] Potts and Mr, [Benjamin] 

 Rush, who are in Edinburgh to improve themselves in the study of 

 physics. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. XLVI(i), 7. 



Printed in Memorial of Thomas Potts, Jr., Cambridge, 1874, p. 174- 



To . [Circa 1766.] 



Relating to the trouble about the Stamp Act, and the refusal of 

 the House of Commons to receive the petitions from the Colonies. A. 

 Dr. of L. 3 p. L(ii), 30, 30a. 



On the Productions and Population of the Colonies. [Circa 1766.] 



Summary of contents of a dissertation; their imports and exports. 

 Remarks. A. Mem. 6 p. L(ii), 21. 



