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tions by his joining in the affair, from the greater confidence men 

 are apt to place in one they know than in a stranger. As he neither 

 asks nor expects any particular consideration for any service he may have 

 done, he only thinks he ought to escape censure. Let all do their en- 

 deavors in their special capacities, and if one has the ability or the op- 

 portunity of doing more for his friends than another, let him think 

 that a happiness and be satisfied. The business is not yet completed 

 and as many things happen between the cup and the lip perhaps there 

 may be nothing of this kind for friends to dispute about. Adjustment 

 of their private accounts. A. Dr. of L. S. 2 p. XLV, 46. 



A. extract from this letter. 2 p. L(i), 30. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, i; Bigelow, IV, 473; Smyth, V, 382). 



To Dr. [Richard] Price. 1772. February 11. London. 



Thanks him for his excellent book in which he appeals to the 

 public on the subject of the National Debt. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. 



XLV, 54. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, V, 389). 



Memorandum. 1772. February. 



Relative to his accounts with James Parker. A. Mem. 2 p. 



L(i), 21. 



To [Mrs.] Deborah Franklin and Richard Bache. 

 1772. February 17. Philadelphia. 



Power of attorney to his wife, Deborah, and his son-in-law, Richard 

 Bache. D. S. i p. LXVI, 4. 



To [The Managers of the Contributions for Promoting the Culture 

 of Silk in Pennsylvania. 1772. February ? London.] 



In relation to silk culture in America and the waste of silk in dyeing. 

 Peculiar customs in the silk trade. (First part missing.) A. Dr. 

 of L. S. 2 p. XLVI(i), 83. 



To Mrs. [Deborah] Franklin, Philadelphia. 

 1772. March 19. London. 



Is glad to hear that her kingbird [Benjamin Franklin Bache] has 

 gone through his second inoculation. Sends her the curtains she wrote 

 for. A new bedstead is being made. (Mutilated.) A. L. i p. 



XLVI(ii), 79. 



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