1Richard Peters to the Proprietaries, 29 November 1747 (Franklin Papers)
Letterbook copy: Historical Society of Pennsylvania Abundance of Stories have been told by Sailors and others who have been taken by French Privateers and carried into Martinico and Guardalupe that the French know our Bay and River as well as we do, that they are sure the Quakers will not consent to the raising Fortifications, that there are no Men of War upon the Coast and that vast Wealth...