To Noble Wimberly Jones
ALS: Bibliothèque Municipale de Nantes
London, June 7. 1770
Sir

I wrote to you sometime since that I had receiv’d your Orders to procure a Mace and Gowns suitable for your Assembly, and that I hoped to have them ready to go by this Ship. The Gowns are accordingly ready; but the Silversmith has not kept his Time. So I think it best to send the Whole together, which I shall do by the first Opportunity after the Mace is finished. Inclos’d I send the Silversmith’s Note of the Cost of one he lately made. I suppose his Bill for this will not differ very widely. The Gowns cost £194s. 9d. With great Respect, I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant

B Franklin

p.s. With this I send you Copies of two Speeches made by a Member of Parliament who is a Friend of America, in the last Session. On the last, some Expectations were given by the Ministry that the Troops should be withdrawn. The Duty on Tea still remains.
N. W. Jones, Esqr
Endorsed: Dr. Franklin 7th. June 1770
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