To Joseph Priestly (unpublished)
Philada., May 31, 1789
My dear Old Friend,

I am about to give you a little Trouble, which I am persuaded you will excuse, as it is in the Way of doing Good, and of doing it for (?) a Birmingham Man, long a Resident of this Country. He has a Legacy to receive in that Town, of which Mr. Garbett has been so good as to inform us. And I have offered to pay him the Money (?) Value here, if he will order it into your hands and Mr. William Vaughan’s, subject to my Drafts, and I shall accordingly pay it as soon as I hear you have receiv’d it. As you live near Birmingham, I suppos’d you might more easily manage the Business, and named Mr. Vaughan with you, as he can more conveniently buy and send me from London the Books I want to be purchased with it to compleat my Library, which suffered much by the War. I hope your Health and Usefulness continues and will long continue. My Constitution is much broken but I am still among the living, and ever my dear Friend Yours most affectionately,

BF

Mr. Vaughan will inform you of farther Particulars.
Dr. Priestley
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