The Name of Dr. Franklin stands so high in Politics and Philosophy that it were a Proof of the Deepth of Ignorance and Obscurity to be unacquainted with the great Things he has done in both these useful Sciences. Europe as well as America looks with equal Veneration and Admiration on the Great Man who supported an oppressed and almost sinking State, and forsook her not until he secured her Freedom and established her Independence among the Sovereigns of the World. Some of these few who have had the Happiness of a personal Acquaintance with the Great Doctor have assured me they found him as willing to communicate his Knowledge as he had been studious to obtain it, and that no one could leave him without carrying away some Improvement and receiving the most pleasing Entertainment. When Crowns court Attention it is scarce decent for common People to solicit Admission. But a Mr. Hamilton of Ireland and some other Friends of mine have given me such Accounts of your Condescention, that I am emboldened to give you this Trouble, and to presume so far as to entreat the Liberty of introducing my Vicar General, the Revd. Mr. Christian to you; and as we have lately received some imperfect Sketches of the Establishment of the Episcopal Church of England in the southern Colonies of North America, should Mr. Christian request any Information from you, or propose any Thing for the Benefit of Religion in that Quarter of the World, you may depend with the greatest Safety on his Talents and Intelligence in Church Business, as well as his Sincerity in assisting me in executing any Part in the System he may have the Honor of proposing to you. I shall consider a few Lines in Acknowledgment of your Forgiveness of the Intrusion of myself and my Friend upon you as the greatest Honor of my Life, and remain with the utmost profound Respect, Your Most Obedient Servant