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The following is a Copy of a Letter from
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esq. ?
7b the Printer of the London Chronicle.
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^*^^3^^/ ND ' NG tbat tcu) ° ^ ent ' emc "
& 3 '"" '"" unfortunately engaged in
^M F ^^^ 4 due '> about a tranfadion and its
„t^ ^^ circumstances of which both of them
^ ^% 1 are totally ignorant and innocent,
^^X^W I think it encumbent on me to de
clare (for the prevention of farther mifchief, as far
as such a declaration may contribute to prevent it)
that I alone am the person who obtained and transmit
ted to Boflon the letters in question. Mr. IV. could
not communicate them, because they were never in
bis possession ; and, for the Jame reason, they could
not be taken from him by Mr. T. Ths were not of
the nature of '' private letters between friends.
they were written by public officers to persons in public
flation, on public affairs, and intended to procure
public measures ; they were therefore handed to other
public persons who might be influenced by them topro
ducc those measures: their tendency was to incense
the mother country against her colonies, and, by the
feps recommended, to widen the breach, which they
effeßed. The chief caution exprefed with regard to
privacy, was, to keep their contents from the Colony
Agents, who the writers apprehended might return
them, or copies of thsm, to America. That appre
benfon was, it seems, well founded; for the firft
Agent who laid his hands on them, thought it bis du
ty to transmit them to his constituents.
B. FRANKLIN,
Agent for the House of Represent
• atives of the Massachusetts-Bay.
Craven-street, Dec. 25.
(For an account of the duel between Mr. Temple
and Mr. Whately fee the fourth page.)
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To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
In reading the life and death of George Browne,
who was for feme time ArchbiJhop 0) Dublin, 1 met
wvh one of bis sermons, preached in Christ Church
tfyon the firft Sunday ajter Eafttr, Anno 1 551; and
' as part of it appeared prophetic, 1 have extracted
it. If you fbould think proper to insert it in jour
paper, you will oblige
A CUSTOMER.
<< D UT th ere are a new f ratern i!y °fl ate sprung
D up, who call themselves Jesuits, which will
deceive many, who are much after the Scribes and
Pharisees manner : Amongst the Jews they shall
strive to abolish truth, and shall come very near to
doit ; for these forts will turn themselves into se
veral forms, with the heathen, a heathenift; with
atheists, an atheist ; with the Jews, a Jew ; and
, with the Reformers, a Reformade ; purposely to
know your intentions, your minds, your hearts,
and your inclinations, and bring you at last to be
like the fool who said in his heart there was no God.
These (hall spread over the whole world, (hall be
admitted into the council of Princes, and they ne
ver the wiser ; charming of them, yea, making
your Princes reveal their hearts, and the secrets
therein jinto them, and yet they not perceive it,
which will happen from falling from the law of God,
by negtea of fulfilling of the law of God, and by
winking at their fins ; yet in the end, God to juf
tifie his law, shall suddenly cut off this society, even
by the hands of those who have most fuccoured
them, and made use of them ; so that at the end
tfy (hall become odious to all nations ; they (hall
be worse than Jews, having no retting place on the
eirth, and then (hall a Jew have more favour than
a Jfnit. Now to arm you all good Christians,
against these things that are to coine, left ye be led
into temptation ; cry unto the Lord your God, and
betyjh pray that he would be so merciful unto you
as to open the eyes of your understanding, that you
may behold the wonders and pleasantness that,is in
his law. Which God in his infinite mercy grant
that you may all do."
To the Printer of the Pennsylvania Packet.
MESSIEURS Hall and Sellers, in their
Gazette, No. 234.8, were pleased to insert
from the Sentimental Magazine for June 1773, an
introduction to the humble petition of discarded b,
the whole of which is perfectly agreeable to my own
Sentiments refpe&ing that too much disused letter:
For although it be said, (b) non efl litera, and by
Prifeian, and by some of our moderns on his auth^
rity, excluded the number of letters ; and though
the found thereof may be said to be somewhat ob
feure, it nevertheless mightily enforces that of the
v wels, and is manifedly a consonant: for though
commonly placed after w, it is very remarkable
that the letter b is pronounced, or strongly aspirated,
seemingly before it, as in the adverb when, the
adjective white, and the pronoun which, found
bwen, white and which: And how the English
cone to invert the position, and set the w before
the h, contrary to the natural pronunciation, is
what cannot be at present known ; for the Anglo-
Saxons, it is said, used to place the b firfl. Solike
wile k before n borrows its found from the letter b,
as in the words knave and knight, found knave,
knight, indeed it mult nevertheless be owned, that
O R,
GENERAL
V O L. 111/
MONDA Y,
it is sometimes almost silent, as in the words hon
our and hour, &c. but so are many consonants in
particular portions, which nevertheless otight in
no wife to juftify the abolition of an aspirating let
ter so obviously necessary in the true English pro
nunciation, nor excuse the negkfl, from any noto
rious examples.—ls a catalogue of words that begin
with thatletter, were ranged and disposed in a man
ner so as not to be applied, by being only set at a
little distance back from its company. I cannot
help thinking, but so glaring, and striking an ap
pearance of the highest degree of absurdity, must
dash, and entirely put out of countenance, even
those that affe& either to follow Prifeian or the late
renowned W . A specimen in the following
words may be fu fficient to convince the gainsayers.
To wit.
b-and, b-andfome, b-allow, k-ere, b-oldfler,
b-eart, b-ufband, b-all, b-appen, b-alter,
b-eaven, h-ealtb, b ale, b orfe, b-anger,
b-oly, b-appinefs, b-over, b-ou/e, b-alt,
b abbit, bairy, b-unt, b-are, b-anker,
b-ill, b-ead, b-ate, b-arrafs, b ugg,
b-ardy, b-ood, b earken, b ide, b-old,
b-ell, b-oift, b-ear, binder, b ot.
many other words might be added ifit was thought
absolutely necessary.
There is another instance of corrupt pronuncia
ciation growing in this city, which loudly calls on
the faculty of tutors for their, care and correction.
The following petition sets forth the deformity.
The bumble petition of misapplied W, Jbewetb.
That numbers of ladies, gentlemen, and persons
of divers denominations, characters, trades and
occupations, have, and (till do, in a most absurd
and ridiculous manner, prostitute, hackney, and
wrongfully associate and join your petitioner with
very improper company, to the great injury also of
your petitioner's twin lifter V. who is thereby very
unjuft,ly deprived of her right of being foremolt of
her own associates in all and every such instances of
misapplication, to the great disparagement also of
the English language in this our city, which for
merly has been remarked by strangers for its puri
ty of pronunciation even long before we had any se
minary of learning among us. Your petitioner at
divers times, but especially at a late entertainment
of ladies and gentlemen was not a little disgusted
with some of the company of both (exes, who re
peatedly made use of your petitioner quite out of
place, for as soon as the company were well seated
at the table, a vociferous young gentleman called
upon the ladies to know if he fhouid do himfelf the
pleasure to help any of them to some fine wenifon
paftie. A pretty young lady at some distance, but
withjn my hearing, said, law what a strong woice
that young gentleman has got. Another young
gentlemen called upon ladies to know if he mould
have the pleasure of helping any of them to some
fine weal cutlets. Another called on the waiter
for oyl and winegar. A fine young lady was ob
served upon her entering her fine teeth into an ap
ple, so difagreeabl to distort and contract the mus
cles of her pretty face, as to occasion some of the
company to ask her what was the matter, who with
the fame countenance replied, why this apple is as
four as any werjuice. Inihort, to give you any fur
ther detail of your poor bandied and wrong used pe
titioner, would be more tiresome than ufeful. V our
petitioner has, and still doth labour under great
concern for the rising generation, and is very_forry
to find in both sexes such a proneness to a bad pro
nunciation, which seems really to be some how
catching,and if not prevented in due time, may prove
unsurmountable. Your petitioner would therefore
seriously recommend the forfaken letter^, as hav
ing a legitimate right to be used, and properly ex
pressed before her own associates, which, well exe
cuted by a lady with a handsome mouth and good
teeth, in gently pressing them on her lower lip, ex
ceeds my opinion, all the other giaceful forms the
mouth is capable of, and so much surpasses the dis
agreeable pouching lips required in the substitute,
that I am very much amazed at the preference, and
could wish a mirror were used to convince them if
poffibbe of their ill-becoming error. Your petiti
oner is a well-wisher to order and regularity ; and
is never better pleased than when properly used,
nor more disgusted than when put out of place, and
craves nothing more than a just protection of the
right of the humble and much injured W.
The above is from a person who never had the
happiness of an academical education, and flat
ters himfelf that the good natured reader will pay
more regard to the fubjed than to the author's dic
tion ; his only motive is to encourage a good and
true English pronunciation, having conceived such
an aversion to the new and unnatural mode that
has of late insensibly gained upon the youth of both
sexes in our city, that he had no longer patience
to forbear his testimony against such a corrupt prac
tice, but could have wished the talk had lit upon an
abler pen, or better moniter.
A PHILADELPHIA NATIVE.
s4'4'*-+***********'***
For CHARLESTOWN, (S. Carolina)
^g~~-The Brigantine
CHARLESTOWN PACKET,
SAMUEL WRIGHT,
Master;
"provided with genteel
° accommodations for passen
gers; two thirds of her cargo is
ready to go on board, and will
fail with all convenient speed. For freight or pas
sage apply to Uriah Woolman, William
Sykes, or said master on board, at Clifford's wharf.
N. B. Rice, Indigo of Lie firft quality, wine in
quarter calks, Albany Peafe, and Carolina Seal
Leather to be fold, enquire as above.
D UN L A P's
j^_ ^. ._ - ;
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TO BE SO L D,
A YOUNG NEGRO WOMAN, a good
cook, who can be recommended for her ho
nesty and sobriety. Enquire of the Printer.
SPERMACETI CANDLES,
And MOULD and DIPT
TALLOW CANDLES,
TO BE SOLD BY
JOSIAH H E W E S,
In CHESNUT-STREET.
This present MONDAY, the 14th of March,
at SIX o'clock in the Evening, will begin
ROBERT BELL'S
EXHIBITION OF
NEW AND OLD BOOKS,
By A UCTIO N,
CONSISTING of a great variety of the most
capital authors in Arts, Sciences, History,
Divinity, Biography, Periodical Papers, Poetry,
Classics, Voyages, Travels, Novels, with other
miscellaneous instruction, and entertainment. To
be continued for eight or ten evenings successively,
(Sundays excepted) at the UNIVERSAL
LIBRAR Y, next door to St. Paul's Church, in
Third-street, Philadelphia.
* # * Gentlemen and Ladies who with to fell, ex
change, or choose to take the chance of the public
prices, by au&ion, for libraries or parcels of Books,
will be waited upon, by their refpe&ful servant,
ROBERT BELL, Audionier.
t§t Printed Catalogues are given away (gratis)
at the place of sale.
CT-MIE MAN of PLEASURE,
in two volumes, o&avo, the owner's name
at large, A P , printed and pasted inside
the cover, is miffing, supposed to be lent to a per
son (the name forgot) who is requested to return
them, as they are a gift of a particular friend, which
is the foie reason of this advertisement, the intrinsic
value of the books very little exceeding the cost ofit.
MAGDALEN DEVIN E,
At her store in Second-street, four doors below
the corner of Chefnut-ftreet, and nearly opposite
he Golden Fleece tavern,
BEING determined to decline business, is now
felling off at prime cost, wholesale and retail,
for cash only, all her stock in trade, confining of a
large and general assortment of dry goods, among
which are, a great variety of handsome chintzes,
cottons, callicoes, and other articles suitable for
the ensuing season. As (he intends going to Eng
land as soon as her affairs will permit, (he requests
all persons indebted to her by bond, note, or book
debt beyond the limited or usual time of credit, to
difeharge the fame immediately to prevent further
trouble.
The HORSE
GENERAL GAGE,
b^' AFINE blooded hunter, up
" wards of fifteen hands high,
if", will cover this season at Burling
ton ' at ' IVE Dollars for the
tg^ti leafon, to insure a colt a Half
j OEe an d a dollar to the
groom. Also, a fine young STALLION to be
fold. For particulars enquire of Mr. JAMES
STERLING, in Burlington.
March 8, 1774.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
ABSCONDED from St. George's Hundred,
Newcastle County, a few days ago, a certain
WILLIAM BRETT, an Irishman, about
five feet ten or eleven inches high, has black hair
and eyes, and a down look ; had on a blossom co
loured broadcloth coat and jacket, blue plnfh
breeches, a very old felt hat, which probable he
may change, and white ribbed flockings. He took
with him a silver watch belonging to the subscriber,
which he was to get repaired, the maker's name
Wood, London, the number forgot. Whoever
secures said BRETT, so that he and the watch may
be had again, shall have the above Reward, or
FORTY SHILLINGS for the watch only.
BENJAMIN HUFF.
, March 10th, 1774.
SIX DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran away from JECONIAS
WOOD, of Woods Town, Salem County,
New-Jersey, a servant man named JOHN M'DA
NIEL, who served his time in Allen's Town, New-
Jersey ; about thirty years of age, five feet fix inch
es high, thick stout made : Had on when he went
away, a blue coatee, spotted fwanfkin under jacket,
a pair of good buckskin breeches, a good felt hat,
and good shoes, but very likely may change them
for old ones to get money to buy strong drink which
he is very much adi&ed to : He was seen yelterday
in Philadelphia. Whoever takes up and secures
said servant in Philadelphia work-house, shall re
ceive the above reward and reasonable charges, paid
by JONATHAN MEREDITH, oppo
site said work-house.
N.B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry him
off at their peril.
TO B E S () L D,
A LIKELY NEGROWOMA N, about
30 years of age, who can cook, walh, iron
and few well, and can do all kinds of house-work:
She has a child about 5 years old, and the reasons
of their being fold will be honestly told to any one
that may want them ; she is as handy and valuable
a wench as any in the city. Enquire of the Printer.
T HE
ADVERTISER.
MARC H 14th, 1774.
TO BE S O L D,
A LARGE commodious HOUSE, LOT
and WHARF, lituate in Water street, be
tween Market and Chefnut streets; the lot is 50
feet in front on Water-street, and extends 250 feet,
into the river, with the privilege of a public alley
leading thereto: On the lot are an elegant large
brick house, four rooms on a floor, containing in
breadth on said street 35 feet, and in depth 48 feet ;
a large brick kitchen and store, and two large frame
stores, that will contain one hundred hogsheads. It
is a very good stand for business, and is pleasantly
situated, as it has a fine commanding view of the
river, and has the advantage of an opening dire&ly
opposite from Front street to the river. There is a
ground-rent of Forty Shillings per annum arising
from the adjoining lot, (now in possession of Mr.
Buckridge Sims) that belongs to the estate. It is
free from all incumbrances whatever, and in perfect
order for a purchaser to enter on immediately. One
half the money will be expe&ed directly, and the
remainder may be paid in any length as time that
may suit the purchasers, giving security, with
intereff. For terms of sale apply to THOM AS
LAWRENCE, Esq; at his house in Arcb-ftreet.
WANTS EMPLO Y,
A YOUNG MAN, liberally and politely
educated, who would be glad to reside in a
gentleman's family in the chara&er of a Preceptor.
May be treated with (if applied to immediately)
by enquiring of the Printer.
TOBES O L D,
In Greenwich, Cumberland county, W. New-Jersey,
AL OT of land, with a large convenient house
on the fame, with five rooms on a floor, and
four fire places on each floor, with stables, waggon
house, and other conveniencies for an Innholder,
merchant or mechanick ; within about thirty rods
of the landing: It has been used as the only tavern
in said place for many years past. The terms will
be made easy to the buyer, and conditions made
known by the subscriber, in Bridgetown, in the
said county. SETH BOWEN.
T O B E LE T,
And may be entered immediately,
AL ARGE and very convenient three story
brick house, and two story kitchen and (ta
ble, with an alley near fix feet wide adjoining and a
large yard, situate fix doors above Arch-street, on
the weft fide of Second street, now in the tenure of
LODOWICK SPROGELL. For further par
ticulars enquire at the premises.
N. B. If the person who borrowed a pair oflarge
saddle bags, about five months ago, will please te
return them, it will much oblige their humble ser
vant, LODOWICK SPROGELL.
AN T E D,
A GOOD COOK and CHAMBERMAID:
None need apply but those who can be well
recommended, and have lived one year in a place.
Enquire of the Printer.
CAME to the Robin Hood Tavern,
on the Ridge Road, on Monday the 7th intt.
(March) a black C 0 W, with a white face, and
a white streak under her belly; has straight ffiarp
horns, very wide apart, and is almost dry. The
owner of said cow is desired to prove his property,
pay charges, and take her away.
CORNELIUS COOPER.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber living in
the city of Philadelphia, on the 10th instant
(March) a German servant man. about twenty-fix
years of age, named NICHOLAS PETER
COSTER, by trade a silk dyer, fays he was born
in Hamburg, and came last summer from London ;
speaks broken English : He is about five feet high,
and walks rather leaning back, occasioned by hav
ing his back broke when a child, and has a large
lump near his right hip, but not to be perceived
when he has his coat on, which he commonly wears
unbuttoned; has a swarthy countenance, and
black curled hair, his mouth a little a wry. Had
on when he went away, a deep blue cloth coat and
jacket, olive coloured leather breeches, rib'd Dock
ings, neat's leather shoes, pinchbeck (hoe and knee
buckles, a good caftor hat ; Also took with him,
one suit of pale blue broadcloth with metal buttons,
one fuperfine dark brown cloth coat with yellow
metal butt ns, one scarlet jacket, one pink colour
ed fattin jacket, one pair of black fattin breeches,
and one pair of nankeen breeches, onepair of stone
knee buckles set in silver, a beaver hat almost new,
one pair of shoes, fix fine white shirts and feverai
coarse ones, one mixed pair and feverai pair of black
and white silk flockings, feverai pair of rib'd wor
sted dockings, feverai neckloths and (locks, with
other things not known. Whoever takes up and
secures said servant, so that his master may have
him again, shall have the above reward and rea
sonable charges, paid by
THOMAS TILBURY.
N. B. He took with him an old brown drab great
coat.
TO-MORRO W,
At ONE O'CLOCK, AT
JOHN Hart's
VENDUE-STORE,
At the corner of South and Front-Streets,
Will begin the SALE of a large and neat
assortment of
merchandiz e.
NUMB. 125.