88 ROSENGARTEN — FRANKLIN'S BAGATELLES. [May 17, 



9. Vol. 43, No. 87 — " Exercise in French, No. 5," "Letter to 

 Mme. B. transcrib' d and corrected by her," in Franklin's hand- 

 writing, and her comments, No. 98. 



10. Vol. 43, No. 116 — " Plaidoyer pour Mme. Brillon contre 

 M. Benjamin Franklin." 



11. Vol. 45, No. 180 — Franklin's letter in French to Mme. 

 Brillon. 



12. Vol. 22, No. 8 — Miss Shipley's acknowledgment, dated 

 May 6, 1781, of a copy of " The Dialogue between F. and J the 

 Gout." 



13. Vol. 32, No. 51 — Carmichael's letter, Madrid, July 9, 1784, 

 saying thatF.'s " little works" will soon appear in a Spanish dress, 

 followed by a letter — 



14. Vol., 32, No. 63 — from Count Campomanes, dated Madrid, 

 July 26, '84, thanking F. for the gift received through Carmichael. 



15. Temple Franklin's Letters to his Father (Vol. 32, Nos. 95 

 and 133). 



16. Vol. 34, No. 167 — Miss Shipley, November 13, 1784, with 

 thanks for "The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams," and asking 

 " where F. read that Methusalah slept in the open air ? I have 

 searched the Bible in vain to find it." 



17. Vol. 44, No. 12 — "The Intended Speech for the Opening 

 of the first session of the present Parliament, viz., Nov. 29, 1774," 

 endorsed " D. Hartley, Oct. 3, '86." 



18. Vaughan's letter of April 28, 1778 (Vol. 9, No. 93) — Let- 

 ters to Franklin, April-May, 1778. 



In adding Vaughan's letter of April 28, '78, I call attention 

 to the value and importance of his correspondence ; he and Hart- 

 ley were among Franklin's English friends, who through all the 

 period of the Revolution kept him well informed as to the trend 

 of parties and public opinion in England. Authentic reports of 

 Chatham's famous last speech are very rare, and a Calendar of the 

 Franklin Papers would enable historical students to refer to them 

 for much valuable information. The printing of these papers by 

 this Society will, I am sure, invite attention to the large amount of 

 valuable material now practically hidden away in this collection, 

 needing only a Calendar to make it available and useful to students. 

 It may be said that the Department of State has never yet printed 

 any Calendar of the Collection of Franklin Papers bought by the 

 Government of the United States from Stevens. It is roughly 



