Letters from Benjamin Franklin 469 



To [Jean Baptiste] Le Roy. 1768. January 31. London. 



Esteems the acquaintance with him as one of the happiest incidents 

 of his journey. Has no philosophical news worth communicating. The 

 [Royal] Society is about to send out three sets of astronomers to observe 

 the next transit of Venus ; while they were attentive to what would pass 

 in the heavens, their entrusted clerk and collector ran away with 

 £1,500. Sends his respects to his brothers and is obliged to the elder 

 for the generous manner in which he communicated and explained the 

 most ingenious contrivances of his time-piece. A. Dr. of L. S. 2 p. 



XLV, 33c. 



To Pere Joseph Etienne Bertier. 1768. January 31. London. 



Acquaints him that his certificate [of nomination] has been received 

 by the Royal Society. Asks him to forward his Christian name that 

 it may be inserted on the certificate without which it is not reckoned 

 regular. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. XLV, 33d. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, V, 93). 



To [Mrs. Deborah Franklin]. 1768. February 13. London. 



Much concerned about the loss of his sister's daughter. Was kind of 

 her to write a letter of condolence, has also written to her on the 

 occasion. Is now and has been in good health all winter. A. L. S. 

 I p. XLVI(ii), 63. 



To [Mrs. Deborah Franklin]. 1768. February 20. London. 



His health. Is beginning to prepare for his return which will 

 be about May or June. A. L. S. i p. XLVI(ii), 59. 



To The Printer of the London Chronicle. [1768. April,] 



An answer to " the Portugal Merchant of Lisbon " relative to the 

 trade with the Colonies. A. Dr. of L. S. " F. + S." 3 p. [See Vol. 

 IV, page 205, XLIX, 39.] L(i), 9. 



From The English Editor to The Reader. 1768, May 8. London. 



Preface to the " Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania." (First part 

 missing.) A. Dr. of L. i p. L(i), 6. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, IV, 256; Bigelow, IV, 157; Smyth, V, 127). 



