1To Benjamin Franklin from Mary Bache, 5 February 1772 (Franklin Papers)
I think it is now time, to return my hearty thanks for it, and the oysters, you was so kind to send, they was very good and acceptable to us all.
2To Benjamin Franklin from William Brownrigg, 27 January 1773 (Franklin Papers)
assures me that the Fishermen in that place are accustomed to pour a little oil on the sea in order to still its motion that they may be enabled to see the Oysters lying at its bottom; which are there very large, and which they take up with a proper instrument. This Sir Gilfred had often seen there performed, and said the same was practised on other parts of the Spanish...
3To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Collinson, 7 March 1754 (Franklin Papers)
...Pelham, nominally prime minister in the government of his brother, the Duke of Newcastle, had been lord president of the Council since 1751; he died March 6, 1754, a few days after eating a hearty dinner of oysters and beefsteak.
4To Benjamin Franklin from Patience Wright, 29 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
For a description of John Lovell, the singular Quaker of Oyster Bay, see