1To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 24 December 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society By direction of the Commons House of Assembly of this Province, I herewith transmit you their Address to our Most Gracious Sovereign, which I on their behalf desire you will please to have presented, as soon after the receipt, as possibly May be, the manner of presenting, whether in person or otherways is left to you. I also enclose you the Resolution of...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 21 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
LS : American Philosophical Society I am directed by the House of Assembly to desire you will please to purchase for the use of the House a Mace to be made of Silver and double gilt to cost a Sum not exceeding £100 Sterling also two Gowns [ in margin: 5 foot 8 inches, 5 foot 10 inches, size of persons] such as you think would be proper for the Speaker and Clerk of an American Assembly. So soon...
Copy: American Philosophical Society Whereas leave was Given by the late house of Assembly to bring in an Ordinance for reappointing Benjamin Franklin Esquire to be agent for Soliciting the affairs of this Province in Great Britain And Whereas the Dissolution of the said Assembly immediatly following prevented the said Ordinance from going through its regular forms And Whereas the said...
4To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 9 October 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Your very kind favours I duly received and should have answered them respectively, only that I waited in expectation of transmitting the sum then supposed necessary, trust however to your goodness to excuse the omission being at that time disappointed; your unparralell’d kindness in so readily complying with the request (through me) of the Assembly demands...
5To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 13 December 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society By Capt. Thomas Hall I did myself the pleasure of writing you and then inclosed two Bils of Exchange in part to recompence your kindness and discharge the ammount of the Mace and Gouns for which you have Sir the sincere and greatful thanks of the Assembly. I inclose the second of each of the Bills of same tenor and date which wish safe. I have now the...
6To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 13 December 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Convinced of your good inclinations to every species of mankind, emboldens me to trust you’l excuse my thus troubling you. Mr. Cornelius Winter the gentleman by whom you’l receive this has been employ’d on the Estate of the late worthy Rector of this Parish by the Trustees of the said Estate as Instructor &c to the Negroes thereon agreable to the Will of...
7To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 4 March 1771 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I take this oportunity to acquaint you that on the 22d. of last month our Assembly met with the same fate of that in Decr. 1768, the principal cause seemed to be their having Committed the deputy Secretary for refusing to give evidence to a Committee of the House on an information against the deputy surveyor general for taking double fees in his Office...
8To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 7 March 1771: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society <March 7, 1771. Encloses two issues of the Gazette dealing with the dissolution of the Assembly.> Presumably the weekly Ga. Gaz. ; no copies for 1771 appear to be extant.
9To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 8 July 1771 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I received on the first instant yours of 5th March and first of May, am very glad the Bills to reimburse the Money you kindly advanced for the province are paid. I am kindly obliged to you for intresting yourself in favour of Mr. Winter. It amazes me to hear that his regard for, or connections with, Mr. Whitefield, a gentleman to whom the utmost Mallice...
10To Benjamin Franklin from Noble Wimberly Jones, 2 February 1772 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Not having had the pleasure for some time of a line from you, gives me great concern, lest I by any Means have given offence, which if so can with truth assure you, must be without the least knowledge or intent as there is no Gentleman, with whom have only had the pleasure of a Written Corrispondence I do esteem more. We still remain as when I last Wrote,...