Franklin’s Account with the Province of Georgia
DS. Yale University Library; ADS: American Philosophical Society
<London, May 2, 1774. The first entry is June 1, 1769, and
the last April 30. 1774. The charges are for three years’ salary at
£100 per annum, £107 12s. 9d. for a mace and gowns, £16
1s. 2d. for the legal services of Thomas Life, and £15
12s. for miscellaneous expenses, a total of £439 5s.
11d. The receipts are three bills of exchange for £220 in all,
leaving a balance due of £219 5s. 11d. The document is
endorsed, in an unidentifiable hand, “Dr. Franklin’s acct. 1774.”>
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