To [Charles Thomson] Dear Sir London March 18th. 1770 Your very judicious Letter of Novemr. 26th. being communicated by me to some Member of Parliament, was handed about among them, so that it was sometime before I got it again into my Hands. It had due Weight with several, and was of considerable Use. You…
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A Conversation on Slavery
o the Printer of thePublic Advertiser. SIR, Broad-Street Buildings, Jan. 26, 1770. Many Reflections being of late thrown out against the Americans, and particularly against our worthy Lord-Mayor, on Account of their keeping Slaves in their Country, I send you the following Conversation on that Subject, which, for Substance, and much of the Expression, is,…
New Fables
For the Public Advertiser. NEW FABLES, humbly inscribed to the S —— y of St —— e for the American Department. FABLE I. A Herd of Cows had long afforded Plenty of Milk, Butter and Cheese to an avaritious Farmer, who grudged them the Grass they subsisted on, and at length mowed it to make…
I Hope However That This May All Prove False Prophecy
To William Strahan Dear Sir, Craven Street, Nov. 29. 69 Being just return’d to Town from a little Excursion I find yours of the 22d, containing a Number of Queries that would require a Pamphlet to answer them fully. You however desire only brief Answers, which I shall endeavour to give you. Previous to your…
The True Sources of Wealth and Plenty
To Timothy Folger Loving Kinsman, London, Sept. 29. 1769 Since my Return from abroad, where I spent part of the Summer, I have received your Favours of June 10 and July 26. The Treasury Board is still under Adjournment, the Lords and Secretaries chiefly in the Country; but as soon as they meet again, you…