234 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Boux. 1777. April 7. 



Concerning the building of certain ships; advantages of the port of 

 L'Orient. Strict espionage maintained on every side by the Marshal's 

 Court. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) V, 141. 



/'rom [Aime Ambroise Joseph] Feutry. 1777. April 8. Paris. 



Sending Franklin a dozen of his new fables which appeared with 

 twenty others in the second volume of his " d'Opuscules poetiques et 

 philologiques," Considers the day he met Franklin the happiest of his 

 life. A. L. S. I p. (In French.) V, 142. 



From C. Rybot. 1777. April 8. Paris. 



Did not imagine Franklin would have hesitated to pay him the 

 trifling sum he disbursed for Mr. Wood ; is aware he has no immediate 

 claim upon him, but as a man of known integrity did not think Frank- 

 lin would let him (Rybot) be a sufferer by an act from which he reaped 

 the benefit. A. L. S. i p. V, 143. 



From J[onathan] Williams, Jr. 1777. April 8. Nantes. 



Any business thrown in the way of Williams & Co. will be carefully 

 executed. With regard to the alderman, perhaps that might be made 

 agreeable on all sides by his joining them in the business of Franklin's 

 contracts, especially as he hears Mr. Morris is engaged with Mr. Gruel 

 and M. Penet. Concerning a passage for M. de Chantay. The Public 

 Advertiser and the London Evening Post ordered regularly sent to 

 Congress; the former strictly for the Government; the latter strongly 

 against it. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVII, 80. 



From Countess de Marancourt. 1777. April 8. Paris. 



Requesting him to appoint a time when she and her brother-in-law. 

 Chevalier de Marancourt, can see him about an important matter. N. 

 in 3d P. I p. (In French.) LXXI, 5. 



From Suard. 1777. April 9. Paris. 



Sending a letter received from M. Arrenberg of Rotterdam. N. in 

 3d P. I p. (In French.) LXXI, 69. 



