482 Letters from Benjamin Franklin 



To Noble Wimberley Jones. 1772. April 2. London. 



Hopes the petition relating to the controverted lands may be brought 

 to a favorable conclusion before the closing of the House. Shall inter- 

 view Governor [James Wright] on his arrival here, relative to his 

 treatment of the Assembly and Mr. Jones. Relation of the Parliament 

 to the King to facilitate intercourse. Comparison of the liberties taken 

 by Kings and Governors. (Incomplete.) A. Dr. of L. XLV, 55. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, V, 390). 



To . 1772. April 3. Craven Street. 



Is of the opinion that Cook should be agreed with, notwithstanding 

 the advance on what he once offered the right for. Dr. [Cadwalader] 

 Evans thinks it worth double. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. XLV, 56a. 



To . 1772. April 3. Craven Street. 



Tapped the porter and found it excellent; Mrs. [Margaret] Steven- 

 son sends him some souns and tongues from America, with directions 

 for dressing them. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. XLV, 56b. 



To [Jean Baptiste] Le Roy. 1772. April 20. London. 



Glad that he is happily married. Intended French expedition to 

 the North Pole. Messrs. Banks and Solander are to sail soon with two 

 ships for the south; they expect to be out four years. A. Dr. of L. S. 

 I p. XLV, 57. 



Printed in Works (Bigelow, IV, 480; Smyth, V, 393). 



To Dr. [Joseph] Priestley. 1772. May 4. London. 



Dr. Franklin's electrical machine; the Abbe Nollet's machine. De 

 Lor's machine. Le Roy has received an electrical machine which he has 

 improved so as to produce the positive and negative electricities separ- 

 ately or together at the same time. A. Dr. of L. S. 3 p. XLV, 58. 



Printed in Works (Bigelow, IV, 482; Smyth, V, 394). 



To [John Foxcroft?]. 1772. May 5. London. 



The session of Parliament has been a quiet one and draws near a 

 conclusion. Lord North manages ably. Peace is negotiating between 

 the Turks and the Russians, and miserable Poland is in a fair way of 

 being pacified too. There is no present appearance of any other war 



