And am, &c.

W. M.

FOOTNOTES:

[7] Dr. Mercer. Editor.

[8] I suppose shingles, staves, timber, and other lumber, might be lying in quantities on the wharf, for sale, as brought from the northern colonies. B. F.

DOCTOR ——[9], OF BOSTON, TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ESQ. AT PHILADELPHIA.

[Shooting Stars.]

Read at the Royal Society, July 8, 1756.

Boston, May 14, 1753.

Sir,