James Parker to Benjamin Franklin, September 10, 1768
Nyork Sept. 10. 1768 Honoured Sir Tho’ I have not had the Pleasure of one Line from you for many Months past yet I will write a Word or two.…
Nyork Sept. 10. 1768 Honoured Sir Tho’ I have not had the Pleasure of one Line from you for many Months past yet I will write a Word or two.…
Chas. Town, So. Carolina, Sept. 3d. 1768. Dear Sir, The Bearer is the young Man you desired me to enquire about, and from [by] whom I have sent two Letters…
[Saturday, July 9 (1768?). 1 A dinner invitation from Dr. Huck for Friday next at four o’clock.]
Off Dover July 3d, 1768 Dear Sir This is to acquaint you of my arrival after a Passage of five weeks and 3 Days. I left Mrs. Franklin and Mrs.…
London, July 2, 1768. Dear Sir, You must needs think the time long that your instruments have been in hand. Sundry circumstances have occasioned the delay. Mr. Short, 9 who…
London, July 2, 1768. Dear Sir, Since my last 5 nothing material has occurred here relating to American affairs, except the removal of Lord Clare from the head of the…
London, July 2, 1768. Dear Son, Since my last I have received yours of May 10 dated at Amboy, 1 which I shall answer particularly by next week’s packet. I…
Deptford, July 1, 1768. Honoured Sir, Being engaged here at Deptford, ever since I had the Pleasure of waiting on you, hindered me from delivering you my Letter, 9 and…
[Dated June 29, 1768, this is virtually a duplicate of Parker’s letter of May 14.]
Saturday June 24. 1768 Dear Sir Inclos’d I send, for the Ladies, a Piece of the Bark Cloth with which the new-discover’d People dress themselves. It was fast together, but…