[Phila]da. Augt. 12. 1769 Dear Sir Mr. James Adair, the Bearer of this Letter, intending to Publish Essays on the Origin, Language, Religion, Customs, Policy &c, of the American Indians,…
Aug: 3. —69 Dear Sir, I am now to acknowledg the repeated Favor of your Letters, with the Notes of Mr. P.’ Speech in Parliament, the arguments on the Dissenting…
Boston 29 July 1769 Dear Sir I cannot omit my complements to you by Sir Francis Bernard who embarks in the Rippon to report to His M[ajesty] the state of…
[New York, July 22, 1769. Repeats the substance of his letter of June 28. Encloses a bill of exchange for £50 from Luke & Prettyjohn, Barbados, drawn on Richard Gosling…
Westbury July th 17 1769 Most Honoured Sir I Humbly beg your Pardon for giving you this Trouble but it is to let you know that I have been Extremely…
Philada July 15th. 1769. Dear Sir, By the Ship Chalkley, Capt. Volans I sent to you Owen Biddle’s, and Joel Bailey’s, observations, of the Transit of Venus, at Cape Henlopen;…
[Thursday, xiii of 2 ] July, 1769 Esteemed F[riend:] Pursuant to thy favour received yesterday afternoon we herewith send thee Forty Guineas to thy Debit in account. Shall pay our…
Philada. June 7th 1769. My dear Sir, I receiv’d your Letter of the 9th of March with William Cowell’s inclosed, at which I was much surprised, as his last to…
London, June 7. 1769 Sir, I did myself the Honour of Writing to you on the 3d. of the last Month, 9 since when the Parliament has risen without repealing…
7 June, 1769. Sir, As, in consequence of a letter addressed to the Royal Society from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, 4 the Society did us the honour…