To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Smith, 6 February 1770
From Joseph Smith4
ALS: American Philosophical Society
Burlington Febry 6. 1770
Respected Friend
I inclose thee printed Copies of the Acts pass’d last Session of Assembly5 among which is the Act for striking £100,000 in Bills of Credit. I wish the Kings Assent may be obtaind to it before the breaking up of Parliament. I suppose a Copy of this Bill has long since been sent to the Board of Trade by our Governor.6 This is sent for thy own information.
The Committee of Correspondence woud be glad to hear from thee in answer to their Letter. I am very Respectfully Thy Friend
Jos Smith
Doctr. Franklin
Endorsed: Mr Smith Burlington Feb 6. 1770
4. A Quaker member of the New Jersey Assembly Committee of Correspondence, who was acting as its secretary. See above, XVI, 256 n, 264.
5. Anno regni, Georgii III, … decimo. At a session of General Assembly, begun at Burlington, October 10, 1769, and continued till the 6th of December following … (Woodbridge, N.J., 1769).
6. WF sent a copy to Hillsborough six days later, and defended the act. 1 N.J. Arch., X, 150–2. The Board of Trade subsequently recommended that it be disallowed. See above, XVI, 254 n.