246 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



i^ro m John Prichard. 1777. May 21. 



Begs Franklin to buy his discharge from the Minister at Paris for 

 about eight guineas, so that he may serve the American cause either by 

 sea or land ; his father owns a farm near Boston ; knows the American 

 coast well. A. L. S. 3 p. VI, 22. 



From Wilhelm Bayle. [1777?] May 21. Jena. 

 Offers to enter American army. A. L. S. 4 p. LIX, ii. 



From Bachelier. 1777. May 22. Paris. 



M. de Laffaye desires to present him with his memoir on the man- 

 ner in which the Romans built and their habit of employing lime to 

 make mortar as hard as stone. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) VI, 23. 



From Bourdin. 1777. May 22. Paris. 



Writes on behalf of a friend, who desires to get his son in the 

 American Army and who is willing to equip him and send him to 

 whatever port Franklin may name. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



VI, 24 and 43. 



From Lt.-Colonel Duparquet. 1777. May 22. St. Esprit. 



Fearing that his former letters have not reached Franklin, he makes 

 another request to enter the American army. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) LXII, 40. 



From de Preville. 1777. May 23. Auch in Gascony. 



Offering him the services of two French gentlemen for the new 

 republic; their military services; all they ask is the commission of cap- 

 tain of dragoons, and a leave of three years with the assurance of having 

 their old position on their return to France; neither misconduct nor 

 debts causes them to take this step; all they ask is to have the expenses 

 of their voyage defrayed. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) V, 121. 



From [C. G. F.] D[umas]. 1777. May 23. Leyden. 



Acknowledging the extract, which shall be published ; will also print 

 an article on the kindness of the Americans to their Hessian prisoners 

 as contrasted with the behavior of the Royalists. Advisability of receiv- 

 ing the Journal of Congress regularly. Suggestions for an American 

 currency. Begging him to visit them. A. L. S. 4 p. (In French.) 



XXXIX, 9. 



