i66 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From M[arqu]is de Condorcet. [1774.] December 2. Paris. 



Mentioning five questions which he wishes laid before the American 

 Philosophical Society; begs Franklin to send him their replies. A. L. S. 

 3 p. (In French.) XLII, 130. 



From J[ohn] Almon. 1774. December 6. [London.] 



Would be glad if Franklin would point out any errors in the pamphlet 

 he sends ; probable that it will be re-printed. A. L. S. i p. IV, 35. 



From W[illia]m Van Lehsveld. 1774. December 9. Leyden. 



Read with particular pleasure a French translation of Franklin's letter to 

 Mr. Brownrigg, upon the property of oil in stilling the waves ; desires to 

 make a Dutch translation of this paper, which, however, is not sold in 

 Leyden or Amsterdam ; Prof. Allamand promises to lend him a copy. 

 Discusses this experiment with the oil; what nations have used it. 

 March 11, 1775. Informing Franklin that the above is a copy of a 

 letter he once wrote him and to which he received no response. Sends 

 him six copies of the above-mentioned translation. A. L. S. 4 p. 



IV, 36. 



From Cha[rle]s Wilcox. 1774. December 17. Bristol [England]. 



Communicated the contents of Franklin's favor to Capt. Spain of the 

 Chalkley; repeats what the Captain said concerning his terms. A. L. S. 

 2 p. IV, 37. 



From C. G. F. Dumas. [1774?] 



Giving two renderings in Latin, by a young poet, of an English 

 quatrain inserted in the London Evening Post, a propos of Franklin's 

 treatment in the Privy Council in January, 1774. Mem. i p. (In 

 French.) XXXIX, 230. 



From Dr. [John] Fothergill. [Circa 1774. London.] 



Desiring Franklin's company that evening about five o'clock. A. L. 

 in 3d P. I p. XLI, 152. 



From W[illia]m Franklin. [1774?] 



Relative to the proposed [First Continental] Congress, and the ac- 

 tions of Massachusetts. A. L. S. 2 p. (First part missing.) 



LVIII, 45. 



