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Consul in . the Mediterranean . During $ * $ I&ttejr years of hj £ lile he devoted his time to * various objects of pjublic utility , for wiiich he was well qualified , and particularly attached himself to the interests of the Foundling Hospital of which he w ^ s the Treasurer . He died in 1791 ^ aged 82 having survived hi $ correspondent not quite a year . I ani , Sir , your ' a , Hqckney * I . T . Rutt . JSvv . 20 . 1806 . GEORGE WHATLEY , Esa . 'JTR . pUSURER OF THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL , LONDON . By
Mr . Franklin , jun / Pa $$ tf * near Parts , M y dear old Friend , dug . 21 f 1784 . I received your kiad letter of May . % 1783 . I am ashamed thaj : it has been so long unanswered . The indolence of old age , frequent indisposition , and too much business , are my only excuses . I had great pleasure in reading it , as it informed me of your welfare . * ci
Your excellent httte work , Tke Principles of Trade , " is too little known , I wish you would send me a copy of it by $ he bearer , my grandson and secretary whom I beg leave tQ Tecommend to your pivilities * I would get it translated and printed here , and if your bookseller has any quantity of then ? left , I should be glad he would send them to America . The ideas of our people there , though rather better than those that prevail in Europe , are not so good as they should be : and that piece might be of service among them .
Since and soon after the date of your letter , we lost unaccountably ^ s well as unfortunately , that worthy , valuable young jnan you ipentioij , your namesake Maddeson . He was infinitely regretted by all fh ^ t knew Jiirn . 1 am sorry your favourite pharity dops not go on as you , could wislj i ^ It is shrunk indeed by your admitting only 60 children in a year * What you have tdfd your brethren respecting America is tnje * If you find it difficult % q dispose of your children in Englandf , it } , ooks as if you had too many people And yet you arc afraid pf em igration . A sub&criptio | i ijs lately set oil foot here to encpuf ^ ge and as s is t mothers in nursing their in- > fants theinselyes &t noflie j the praqtke q f sending them to-tb . e JSnfans Trouvesf > having risen here to a monstrous excess as
• A village on the Seine , where Dr . F . now resided as Embaasador to the Court of France ^ from the United Su ^ es . . * f Under the old government of France the exposed children found in Parip , were brought : tip in Hospital ^ distinguished by their different drcsftca a § " £ ai ^ n
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/25/
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