Letters from Benjamin Franklin 553 



To [John] Smith. 1787. August 31. Philadelphia. 



Received his letter requesting a loan of £130 to be repaid if not 

 found due to the estate of his father. Asserts that if he could per- 

 suade himself that he really owed the money, he would pay it imme- 

 diately, but he believes the accounts must have been settled and ad- 

 justed. An account of the circumstances which persuade him that 

 he is in no way indebted to his father. L. S. 3 p. (Copy.) 



XLV, 211. 

 To S[aniuel] Osgood and A[rthur] Lee. 

 1787. August 31. Philadelphia. 



Respecting the accounts of Mr. [John] Ross supposed to be in his 

 hands. Made a search but could not find them. Thinks they were 

 delivered with the other public documents to Tho[ma]s Barclay. Will 

 order his grandson, who is now in Albany, to make a more careful 

 search for them when he returns. Will deliver them should they be 

 found. A. Dr. of L. i p. XLV, 212. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, IX, 606). 



Instructions to the Commander of the Militia and to the Com- 

 missioners, in Relation to the Riot in Luzerne County, Pa. 



[1787. October ?] 

 A. Mem. i p. L(ii), 20. 



To J[ohn] Ross. 1788. January 21. Philadelphia. 



Is again called upon by the Board of Treasury for the vouchers to 

 Ross's accounts with Congress, which were produced to Messrs. [Samuel] 

 Wharton and [Edward] Bancroft. Much of this transaction took place 

 as long ago as 1779, and has escaped his memory and therefore requests 

 to be informed with what he knows concerning it, and particularly in 

 regard to the whereabouts of the vouchers; cannot find them among 

 his papers. Dr. of L. i p. XLV, 213. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, IX, 630). 



To Samuel Osgood and Walter Livingston. 



1788. January 31. [Philadelphia.] 



Cannot find the vouchers of Mr. [John] Ross's accounts, deposited 

 with him when in France. When he left France he ordered all papers 



