Humorous description of Heaven and how Franklin intends to spend his time there. Will wait for Mme. Brillon's coming. Asks her not to renew her contract there with Mme. Brillon but to pledge her troth to him.
Wrote to Mr. David Hall that he received his bills. Hopes his anger is over. Thinks it would improve cousin Josey if he was to come to England and work in some of the best marble shops for a year or two. Is sorry to hear of any disturbance in the Academy the rather as by his introducing that imprudent man William Smith, he thinks he is in some degree the cause of those misfortunes
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Benjamin Franklin Papers, 1642-1841 (Mss.B.F85); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85-ead.xml
London. Presents. Domestic concerns. Electric bells. Prudent for her not to engage in Party disputes. The Proprietors have determined to discard Governor [William] Denny on account of his conduct. Governorship offered to a certain Mr. Graves, who declined to accept it.
London. Is much concerned to hear of his illness. Has received his favor of October 21st, with bill drawn by order of the Managers for Promoting the Culture of Silk, and is glad the purchase he made was satisfactory. As the sum exceeds his disbursement the overplus will wait his orders. The truss was sent, is vexed that it did not came to hand, and must inquire what became of it. Franked: "B., Free, Franklin."
General physical description: A.L.S. 1p.
London. His kind regards to his Presbyterian countryman, who tells the people that Dr. Franklin planned the Stamp Act. Thanks him if he does not charge him (as they do their God) with having planned Adam's fall and the damnation of mankind. Thinks he has the wisest look of any man he knows, and if he would only nod and wink and could but hold his tongue he might deceive an angel.
Transmits in cipher a paragraph from a letter of 2 Oct. from the headquarters of the American army [regarding complaints in the army about lack of money and the states' lack of support for the war].; "Triplicate"; American Philosophical Society
London. Sends him a tooth, which was found together with 30 large skeletons, near the Ohio about 200 miles from Fort Du Quesne; and which is supposed to belong to an elephant. Wants his opinion and would like to know if anything of that kind has been found in Siberia.
General physical description: A. Dr. of L.S. 2p.
Other Descriptive Information: Printed in Works (Smyth, V, 92).
