[60] Responsible for the payment of a note.
[61] The owners or proprietors of Pennsylvania, which Charles II. had given William Penn, were Penn's sons. They lived in England.
[62] A street in London.
[63] A pistole was a Spanish gold coin worth about four dollars.
[64] A comedian of some note.
[65] A hackney writer, or hack writer, is one employed to write according to direction.
[66] Inns of Court in London, occupied by lawyers.
[67] Setting type.
[68] A celebrated physician and naturalist. To him Franklin wrote:
"Sir: Having lately been in the northern parts of America, I have brought from thence a purse made of the asbestos, ... called by the inhabitants 'salamander cotton.' As you are noted to be a lover of curiosities, I have informed you of this; and if you have any inclination to purchase or see it, let me know your pleasure by a line for me at the Golden Fan, Little Britain, and I will wait upon you with it. I am, sir, your most humble servant,