Letters from Benjamin Franklin 483 



likely to occur in Europe. Sir John Pringle has proposed to him a 

 journey to Switzerland for the summer, but he has not resolved upon 

 it. Proposes visiting America in the summer, if not returning for good 

 and all. Will spend the summer in the country w^ith his friends, if he 

 does not visit America. (Mutilated.) A. Dr. of L. 2 p. 



XLVI(ii), 80a. 



To [Mrs. Deborah Franklin]. 1772. May 5. London. 



Is sorry for the disorder that has befallen his friend Mr. [Ebenezer] 

 Kinnersley. Hopes Mr. [Richard] Bache is, by this time, home. A. 

 L. S. I p. XLVI(ii), Sob and 81. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 8; Bigelow, IV, 484; Smyth, V, 396). 



To Major Dawson. 1772. May 29. London. 



On the security of the powder magazines at Purfleet. L. S. 3 p. 

 (Translation in French.) XLVI(i), 3. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, V, 427). 



To The Printer of the Public Advertiser. [1772. June 3.] 



Reason for one sect persecuting another. Relative to the justice of 

 the charge against the present dissenters, particularly those in America. 

 (Incomplete.) A. Dr. of L. 2 p. L(ii)> im- 



printed in Works (Sparks, II, 112; Bigelow, IV, 466; Smyth, V, 399). 



To [Mrs. Deborah Franklin]. 1772. July 14. London. 

 Visits to the North of England. A. L. S. i p. XLVI(ii), 82. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 9; Bigelow, IV, 494; Smyth, V, 408). 



Minutes of the Committee on the Purfleet Magazine. 



1772. August 12. 



Meeting attended by Mr. [Henry] Cavendish, Dr. Franklin, Dr. 

 [William] Watson, Mr. Benjamin Wilson and Mr. [John] R[obert- 

 son]. Agreed that conductors to the magazine are necessary. How and 

 where they should be placed, i p. XLIX, 74. 



