Benjamin Franklin Papers - James Parker: First Report on the Franklin and Hall Account

Account of Monies paid by D. Hall to B.

Franklin, from March 1747/8. to March 1.

1765. as per several Receipts in B.F’s own

Writing Appears, examin’d per J. P

£7849:

Account of Money paid by D. Hall for Bills of

Exchange, sent to England, to B.F. from

June 1757. to Feb. 1765. as per D. Hall’s Ac-

counts, exam’d per J P

4776:

19:

Account of sundries had in Mr. Hall's Shop,

and Cash lent sundry Times by Mr. Hall, to

B.F. as per Accounts examined per J

Parker

541:

Account of 4000 Poor Richard's Almanacks

sent to Rh: Island, by B.F's Orders from

1752 to 1761. inclusive, (stiching deducted)

62:

13:

Ditto of 1900 Pocket Do sent per same, as per

Account, exd

31:

13:

[Several Sums of Money paid since to B.F.

by D. Hall, to be yet added, but not Time

to examine into now]

Account of Money paid by D. Hall for Paper

to the several Paper Makers, &c. to March

6. 1765. as per several Receipts and Vouch-

ers appear examd. per J P

4298:

Account of Money paid for 163½ lb. of Lampblack

from 1749. to June 13. 1765. examd

per J P

40:

17:

Account of Incidentals paid by D. Hall for the

Use of the printing Office, from 1749. to

June 13. 1765. as per Account, exam'd per J P

584:

[A further Account of Paper since paid for,

and sundry Sterling Articles paid for to

England, by D.H. not yet examined—are

to be added to this Article.]

Account of Money received by B. Franklin

for printing Work, charged in the Leidgers.

from Jan. 26. 1748. to Feb. 1765. as exam-

ined per J Parker

£219:

18:

Account of Money received by B. Franklin for

Gazette from Jan. 1748. to July 15. 1749. as

had his Name affixed, examined per J P

24:

Account of Money received by B.F. in Account

with Th: Lightfoot, as per his Account in set-

tling with D. Hall for the Gazette

17:

Account of Money received by Dav: Hall, for

publick Work, from Nov. 1756 to March

1765. as examined by J Parker

2182:

19:

Account of Money received by D. Hall, for

publick Work, from New-Castle, Kent &

Sussex. from 1756. to 1764. as Examined per

J Parker

242:

16:

Account of Money received by D. Hall, for

Advertisements paid when brought in in the

Gazette, from Jan. 26. 1748. to Feb. 21. 1765.

as Examined per J P

3312:

17:

Ditto, of Same received from Feb 21. 1765. to

June 13. 1765. examd per J P

139:

11:

Account of Money received by D. Hall, for

single Advertisements, Blanks, and other

Work done, in the Office from Jan. 26. 1748.

to Feb. 16. 1765. as examined per J P

484:

14:

Ditto. of same, from Feb. 16. 1765. to June 13.

1765. exam'd per J P

11:

Account of Money received by D. Hall, for

printing Work &c. charged in the Leidgers,

from Jan. 21. 1748. to Feb. 25. 1765. as ex-

amined per J P

2393:

12:

Ditto. of Same, from Feb. 25. 1765. to June 13.

1765. Examd per J P

370:

13:

Account of Money received by D. Hall on Account

of the Gazette from July 15. 1749. to

March 1. 1765 as in the four Books, examined

per J Parker

9683:

15:

Ditto, for same, from March 1. 1765. to June

13. 1765. Exd per J P

581:

11:

Do. An Errata in the first Casting up, of the

first, and carried to the End, makes it more

16:

Account of Money received by D. Hall for

Entrance Money for the Gazette, from 1748.

to Feb. 23. 1765. Examined per J Parker

1594:

15:

Ditto, from Feb. 23. 1765. to June 10. 1765.

exam'd per J P

14:

Account of Money received by D. Hall for

Gazette, viz:

By James Hunter, Esq.

£72:

By Stratton Burton, Snow Hill

Post

43:

By John Wise, ditto

37:

152:

14:

Account of Almanacks printed and sold by D.

Hall, from 1752. to 1765. inclusive, viz

Poor Richards 141,257. at 4d. (Stiching

deducted)

2213:

Pocket ditto 25,735 at 4d.

428:

18:

Jerman's ditto 5,197. at 3½d. exclusive

of Copy paid for and Stiching

69:

11:

Account of Primers printed by D. Hall from

1749. to 1765, being 35,100, at 2½d.

365:

12:

Account of 109 Ream of Blanks and 18 Quire,

printed per D.H. as per Account, exd. Paper

deducted

482:

18:

[Account of Books and Pamphlets printed

and sold in the Time, not yet examined,

to be added to this Account]

[Also some Matters relating to Moore's Al-

manacks from N York]

Account of Books and Stationary left in the

Shop, by B.F. at the Time the Partnership be-

gan, as exam'd per J P

£681:

1754. June 17. Cash paid to D. Hall, by B.

Franklin on Account, exd

86:

1758. June A Bill of Exchange return'd by

B.F. to D.H.

162:

10:

Account of a Ballance due to B.F. on Thomas

Chalkley's Books, as per Account, in the

Leidger, pag. 326. examin'd per J P.

15:

[Account of the Paper supplied the Office by

B.F. before D. Hall began to take himself

of the Paper-Makers, not yet examined

into, but to be done hereafter and

the Half thereof belongs to this Article]

Memorandum, It appears by the News-Book, that D. Hall received pay for the Gazette, only from July 15 1749, and by B. Franklin’s Receipts after that Time, so much is implied: His first Receipt is dated March 20. 1749/50, for £51 1s. 0d. received for the Gazette, since July 15 last, and there are fourteen Receipts all of them expressing the same Words, in Mr. F.’s own Hand-Writing, the last of which is dated Feb. 11. 1750/1, for £29 11s. 6d.