This item was merged into the Jonathan Williams Papers (B W6765) in 2004, but returned to Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections (Mss.B.F85.misc; subcollection B F85.b) in 2018.
Shall send a commission to cousin Tuthill [Hubbart]; could be glad to have the state of the office accounts and the balance... Elizabeth Hubbart later became Elizabeth Partridge. Purchased at the Parke-Bernet sale, October 12-13, 1938, $55.
This item was merged into the Jonathan Williams Papers (B W6765) in 2004, but returned to Miscellaneous Benjamin Franklin Collections (Mss.B.F85.misc; subcollection B F85.b) in 2018.
Passy. Congratulations on learning of his marriage. Regrets he cannot personally make their acquaintance. Draft by Le Ray de Chaumont. (In French.)
General physical description: Dr. of L. 2p.
Passy. Incloses the Count d'Aranda's answer to his last letter. Has not replied to it yet. Glad to learn that Mr. [Diego de] Gardoqui is sent to America. Relative to the seizure of James Hartwell, of Salem, with a cargo of tobacco, by the officers of the Spanish Inquisition. Requests him to take proper steps for his release and the restitution of his property. In duplicate (see also: XLV, 188).
Other Descriptive Information: Printed in Works (Smyth, IX, 274).
This is a typical receipt book for payments made to various persons for generally unnamed services or materials. Either Franklin, his wife, or the person receiving payment, wrote that he had received so much money on a given date, and signed the entry. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, volume II, 351-352. The last eight pages contain a record of Franklin's income from his business partner, David Hall. Included in the entries is income of money and occasionally the value of books received in lieu of money.
London. Advises her not to be troubled by idle reports concerning him. Negro School established by Dr. Bray's Associates. Faults of servants. Marriage in London. Death of David Edwards. (A. copy.)
Proposed school for negro children in Philadelphia sponsored by the Associates of Dr.Bray. Transcribes extract of letter from Mr.Sturgeon, August 22,1757.
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
