To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Collinson, 23 March 1762
From Peter Collinson
AL: American Philosophical Society
March 23: 1762
P. Collinsons Love and Respects to His Friend Franklin. Has sent some books and Catalogues for Library Company7 and a piece for J. Bartram8 to his Care.
| Ball Account Delivered | 13: | 16: | 5 |
| No. 33 and 34 Modern History9 | 13: | - | |
| No. 27: 28: 29: 30 ball | 14: | 9: | 5 |
| 4 plates inserts 2: 6 | 10 | - | |
| £14: | 19: | 5 |
Endorsed: P Collinson: Acct Lib. Compa
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
7. For many years Collinson had been the purchasing agent for Lib. Co. Phila.
8. John Bartram, the eminent botanist, see above, II, 378 n. It is not clear what Collinson sent him.
9. For An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present and its complicated publication history, see above, III, 146 n.