To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Life, 11 November 1774
From Thomas Life
ALS:Historical Society of Pennsylvania
11th. Novr. 1774 past 9 oClock
Sir
My Lord Chancellor finished his Petitions this Evening, but did not hear any of the Exceptions, So that your Exception in the above Cause Stands 9th. in His Lordship’s Paper as before for hearing the next day of Petitions, which in all probability will be on Wednesday next.2 I am sir Your very humble Servant
Thos Life.
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
2. Whately’s suit was dragging on. This and the following note from Life concerned the argument before the Chancellor on Sayer’s exception to the report of the Master in Chancery; see the headnote on Whately’s exceptions above, under April 19.