Letters from Benjamin Franklin 493 



To [Richard] Bache. 1774. February 17. London. 



Has been displaced from office. Proposes to return home next May. 

 Sends a number of boxes of printing letters which he purchased exceed- 

 ingly cheap. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. XLV, 75. 

 Printed in Works (Smyth, VI, 193). 



To [Joseph] Galloway. 1774. February 18. London. 



Acts of the Pennsylvania Assembly. Duty on tea. Hutchinson 

 letters. Indecent treatment he received at the hands of the Privy 

 Council. Wishes a Constitution was formed and settled for America. 

 A. Dr. of L. S. 2 p. XLV, 76a. 



Printed, in part, in Works (Sparks, VIII, 115; Bigelow, V, 314; in full, 

 Smyth, VI, 194). 



To Tho[ma]s Foxcroft. 1774. February 18. London. 



Received his account. Thanks him for ordering the six barrels of 

 flour. Tea ship arrived having a very short passage. Wrote to his 

 family to receive no more payments, being displaced from office. A. 

 Dr. of L. S. I p. XLV, 76b. 



To Rich[ar]d Nicholls Golden, Esq. 1774. February 18. London. 



Received his bills and has given credit for them to the General 

 Post Office; begs that the account may be sent punctually that he 

 may settle them before he leaves England, which is now necessary 

 as he is no longer in office. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. XLV, 76c. 



To J[ames] Kinsey and T. P. Hewlings, Burlington. 

 1774. February 18. London. 



Sends them the Act for settling their boundary between their Prov- 

 ince and New York. The obstruction in America to the importation 

 of tea has occasioned great resentment ; violent measures are appre- 

 hended. Sends his respects to the Assembly. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. 



XLV, 77. 



To R[obert] Strettel Jones and Josiah Hewes. 



1774. February 18. London. 



Received their letter and immediately ordered the books. The new 

 edition of the Encyclopedia may be expected in about two years. Re- 

 ceived the catalogue. Glad the Library [Company of Philadelphia] 

 is satisfactorily situated. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. XLV, 78. 



