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FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ('B. FRANKLIN') TO LORD KAMES ('My dear Lord'), Coventry, 27 September 1760, writing from a journey to visit Cheshire, Wales, Bristol and Bath, having been delayed in London by 'Litigation between our Province and its Proprietor' to early summer, he won't have the opportunity 'of spending some more happy Days at Kaims, with you and your amiable Family', 2 pages, 4to (227 x 184mm), (blank outer margin reinforced).
Franklin had been involved in a lengthy case before the Privy Council Committee for Plantation Affairs regarding the taxation of proprietary estates, a point of contention in the Supply Act of 1759, the proprietors resisting taxation by the Pennsylvania assembly or by the British Parliament. At the time the case seems to have been settled to Franklin's satisfaction.
In a footnote, Franklin states that he is enclosing the 'chapter', referring to "Parable against Persecution" promised in the letter of 3 May above.
Published in The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, ed. L.W.Labaree, vol.9 pp.231-2.
Franklin had been involved in a lengthy case before the Privy Council Committee for Plantation Affairs regarding the taxation of proprietary estates, a point of contention in the Supply Act of 1759, the proprietors resisting taxation by the Pennsylvania assembly or by the British Parliament. At the time the case seems to have been settled to Franklin's satisfaction.
In a footnote, Franklin states that he is enclosing the 'chapter', referring to "Parable against Persecution" promised in the letter of 3 May above.
Published in The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, ed. L.W.Labaree, vol.9 pp.231-2.