. The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography . omas Franklin; in which In-quiry I have hitherto in a great measure been Inclosed is a Lease of his drawing, of which kind Ihave several now in my Possession; it is in his own Hand-writing, & Signed by him & his I am told, by a verygood Lawyer, he has seen several Conveyances that weremade by him, and that they were very well done; & Ibelieve he had a good deal of Business of that sort in thisneighbourhood. he had a natural Turn & genius forMusick, he put up the Chimes in our Church, made aHouse-organ, & I am inform
. The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography . omas Franklin; in which In-quiry I have hitherto in a great measure been Inclosed is a Lease of his drawing, of which kind Ihave several now in my Possession; it is in his own Hand-writing, & Signed by him & his I am told, by a verygood Lawyer, he has seen several Conveyances that weremade by him, and that they were very well done; & Ibelieve he had a good deal of Business of that sort in thisneighbourhood. he had a natural Turn & genius forMusick, he put up the Chimes in our Church, made aHouse-organ, & I am informed by some now in the Parishthat remember him, used frequently to amuse himself withplaying upon it. If I can pick up any thing of his worthyour notice, during your stay in this part of the world, I 1 Facsimiles of the autographs to which Rector Whalley refers. Theoriginal lease, dated in 1G82, is in the collection of the Historical Societyoi Pennsylvania. It is endorsed in Franklins handwriting, Old Leaseof Uncle Thomass GfamtfajM* Franklin as a Genealogist. % will certainly transmit it to you. My wife joins in bestComplimts to you and your son with Sir,u Your most obliged & most humble serv* E. Wiialley. Ecton Septr 16th1758. We have already incidentally referred to the death ofFranklins cousin, Mary Fisher, and her husband. The fol-lowing letters to Franklin and his reply to Rev. ThomasHolme, vicar at Wellingborough, relate to the settlementof their estates: Sr. Yr Relation M Fisher was Buryd last week and about a week before of wch I should certainly havegiven y° advice, had I supposd y° yet in Town. I went lastnight to the Executor who informed me they had wrote tothe person y° mention & was surprised they had not hadan An8wer therefore would write again this post both toHer & y° woh I presume will be Satisfactory. Our MinistersName is Thofl Holmes who I am informed made Mr. FishWill, wherein I am informed He left only one llund0d poundat Her dispos
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