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Au quel cas, vous me recompenserez en me donnant, je n'ose dire un 

 Baiser, car les votres sont trop precieux, & vous en etes trop chiche ; 

 mais vous me jouerez un Noel & l'excellent Marche des Insurgents.— 



B. F. 

 Passy, March 31, 84. 



To Madame Brillon. 

 The Franklin Papers, Vol. 45, No. 180. 



Miscellaneous Letters. 



May the 6th, 1781. 



Your dear delightful letter made me most exceedingly happy ; par- 

 ticularly your account of yourself as it proves that you are in good 

 spirits & pleased with your present situation : your dialogue with the 

 Gout is written with your own cheerful pleasantry & la belle et la mau- 

 vaise jambe recalls to my mind those happy hours we once past in your 

 society where we were never amused without learning some useful 

 truth, & where I first acquired a taste pour la conversation badinante et 

 reflechie. 



It is long since I have written to my ever valued friend, but the diffi- 

 culty I find in conveying my letters safe to Passy is the only motive 

 for my silence, strange that I should be under the necessity of con- 

 cealing from the world, a correspondence which it is the pride & glory 

 of my heart to maintain. Etc. — Unsigned. 



From Miss G. Shipley. 



The Franklin Papers, Vol. 22, No. 8. 



Madrid, 9th July, 1784. 

 Dear Sir : 



The little works you gave me will soon appear in a 



Spanish Dress. If they lose by the change of costume I can assure 

 you that it will not be the fault of the Translator who wishes to preserve 

 the true sense spirit & simplicity of the Original. Etc. 

 Your Exc. y* Obliged & Most Humble 



Serv* 



Wm. Carmichael. 

 The Franklin Papers, Vol. 32, No. 51. 



Muy S r mio. He recibido la collection de obras miscelanias pu- 

 blicadas por VS junto con su apreciable Carta deo. de Junio anterior, y 

 la advertencia a los emigrantes a los Estados unidos de America : todo 

 por mano de mi amigo el S r . Carmichael. Etc. 



su atento serv or 



El Conde de Campomanes 

 Madrid, 26 de Julio de 1784. 

 The Franklin Papers, Vol. 32, No. 63. 



