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.
Is greatly obliged for the trouble he took in the affair of the silk and is happy to hear that the Queen condescended to accept it with a purpose of wearing it. This will afford the silk raisers of Pennsylvania great encouragement to proceed in a measure the British Parliament seems to have had much at heart, the procnring a supply of that valuable article from the Colonies, for which large sums are paid yeartly to France, Spain, Italy and the Indies.
General physical description: A. Dr. of L. in 3d P. 1p.
Franklin's opinion of the inertia of matter. Is glad to hear that Mr. Colden will proceed with the electrical experiments, and is satisfied that there are workmen in America who can make the apparatus; if Mr. Colden is satisfied to have it made here, he will oversee the work Mr. [James] Logan is satisfied that some of the faults he formerly objected to in Colden's article on fluxions, are his own.
