To Benjamin Franklin from Lord Morton, 2 April 1768
From Lord Morton9
AL: Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Brook Street Sat. 2 April 1768
Lord Morton’s Compliments to Dr. Franklin, and has sent the bearer for the Electrical Machine, 10 Is much obliged by the trouble the Doctor has taken in putting it in order. The bearer will pay any expence the Dr. has been put to on that account.
Addressed: To / Dr. Franklin / Craven Street
[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]
9. For James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, president of the Royal Society, see above, IX, 272 n.
10. Undoubtedly the “Philadelphia machine” that BF had demonstrated in London in 1758; a copy was made, and came into Lord Morton’s possession. See BF to Priestley, May 4, 1772, Smyth, Writings, V, 394–5.