Benjamin Franklin Papers

To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Life, 11 November 1774

From Thomas Life

ALS:Historical Society of Pennsylvania

11th. Novr. 1774 past 9 oClock

Sir

My Lord Chancellor finished his Petitions this Evening, but did not hear any of the Exceptions, So that your Exception in the above Cause Stands 9th. in His Lordship’s Paper as before for hearing the next day of Petitions, which in all probability will be on Wednesday next.2 I am sir Your very humble Servant

Thos Life.

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

2Whately’s suit was dragging on. This and the following note from Life concerned the argument before the Chancellor on Sayer’s exception to the report of the Master in Chancery; see the headnote on Whately’s exceptions above, under April 19.

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