Letters from Benjamin Franklin 495 



To Thomas Gushing. 1774. June i. London. 



Massachusetts affairs. Lord Chatham blamed the Americans for de- 

 stroying the tea, but condemns the measures taken in Parliament in 

 consequence thereof. Is obliged to remain in England a little longer. 

 Has been displaced from office. A. Dr. of L. S. 2 p. XLV, 84. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 122; Bigelow, V, 354; Smyth, VI, 231). 



To Tho[ma]s Gushing. 1774. June 30. London. 



Will send him all the perfected Acts lately passed relating to the 

 Province. Sends copies of two more letters of Mr. Hutchinson. The 

 Chancery suit goes on against him. A. Dr. of L. i p. XLV, 85. 



Printed in Works (Bigelow, V, 356). 



To Dr. [Benjamin] Rush. 1774. July 22. London. 



Thought it best to postpone Dr. Rush's publication until after his 

 election to the [Royal] Society; should the article be published before his 

 election. Dr. Franklin fears it might prejudice some votes against him. 

 Dr. North's apparatus for the making of Pyrmont water. A. Dr. of 

 L. S. 3 p. XLV, 86. 



Printed, in part, in Works (Smyth, VI, 235). 



To The Rev. [Thomas] Coombe. 1774. July 22. London. 

 Bishop of St. Asaph's speech. Sends him the " Heroic Postscript," 

 a poem, the author of which is unknown. Use of eloquence in a 

 preacher. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. XLV, 87. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 124; Bigelow, V, 356; Smyth, VI, 233). 



To Mr. [Richard] Bache. 1774. July 22. London. 



Has had no line from him. Capt. [Nathaniel] Falconer put the 

 casks of type in his cellar, not knowing for whom they were; asks 

 him to get them and store them with the rest. A. Dr. of L. S. i p. 



XLV, 88. 



To [Mrs. Deborah Franklin]. 1774. July 22. London. 



Has not received a line from her, but flatters himself it is not owing 

 to indisposition. Mrs. [Amelia] Barry, daughter of Lewis Evans, and 

 Mrs. Franklin's god-daughter, who married the Captain of a ship 

 in the Levant trade, is now again at Tunis, where she has lately lain-in 

 of her third child. Her father was a geographer, and his daughter 



