198 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



By The Continental Congress. 1777. January 2. Baltimore. 



Commission of Benjamin Franklin as Commissioner to the Court of 

 Spain. D. S. John Hancock, with seal, i p. LXXV, 5. 



Frow [Louis LeBegue] Dup [or] t[ai]l. 1777, January2. Versailles. 



Requesting Franklin to send him a reply with reference to his 

 proposition relating to a corps of troops. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



LXXI, 20. 



From Major [Henry Emanuel] Lutterloh. 1777. January 3. Paris. 



Giving particulars about himself and his previous services. Secrecy 

 of his mission to Paris. His offer to raise troops in Germany or 

 Northern Europe. L. S. 3 p. LX, 51. 



From J. Ingen Housz. 1777. January 4. Vienna. 



Surprised to hear of Franklin's arrival in Paris; hopes his coming has 

 for its object a happy reunion between the mother country and her 

 colonies. If he had known earlier of Franklin's arrival would have ac- 

 companied his Imperial master to France; Franklin will probably see 

 and talk with him in the disguise of a private man. Proposes various 

 schemes to enable him to come to Paris, one of them, the desire on the 

 part of some family of distinction there to have him inoculate their 

 children. A. L. S. V, 2. 



From Lamb[er]t Wickes. 1777. January 4. Nantes. 



Acknowledging his favor of 26th December; will immediately proceed 

 to Port rOrient and execute that business ; will come to Paris on his re- 

 turn, if Franklin thinks it absolutely necessary. L. S. V, 3. 



From [Conrad Alexandre] Gerard [de Rayneval] to The Deputies 



[American Commissioners]. 1777. January 6. Versailles. 



Desires them to postpone the communication of the memorial con- 

 taining particular requests. Will advise them when it can be oppor- 

 tunely presented ; might confine themselves for the present to the 

 memorial explaining the state of affairs in America. L. i p. (In 

 French.) XLVII, 70. 



