1To Benjamin Franklin from John Huske, [11 April 1767] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania My very long confinement with the Gout hath prevented me from the pleasure of waiting on you for part of the autumn and the whole of the winter. And at present I am so weak in the joints which have been affected with the Gout that I cannot stand or move without assistance.This being my situation and a Tax being designed to be imposed on salt in America,...