Letters to Benjamin Franklin 257 



From Coder. 1777. June 16. Paris. 



M. Dalibard seeks an interview concerning the muskets ; expects to be 

 at Passy himself at 8 o'clock the next morning. Madame Dubourg's 

 dangerous condition. Copy of four lines, written by M. Dubourg at 

 the foot of Franklin's picture. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) VI, 68. 



From D. Laville. 1777. June 16. 



A letter of recommendation for one Bumel. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 Latin.) LXX, 128a. 



From The Royal Society of Medicine of Paris. 

 1777, June 17. Paris. 

 Certificate of membership. Portfolio. 



From Chevalier de Basserode. 1777. June 17. Tonnay-Charente. 



Fears that his letter of April never reached Franklin ; sends copy of it. 

 (See V, 158.) A. L. S. i p. (In French.) VI, 69. 



From Jona[than] Williams, [Jr.]. 1777. June 17. Nantes. 



Introducing Mr. Frerot, a cannon-founder of Nantes, who hopes 

 to obtain permission of the Ministry to make what quantity of cannon 

 he pleases; advantages of obtaining them at the place of shipping. 

 A. L. S. I p. XXXVII, 94. 



From De Bretigney. 1777. June 18. Paris. 



Asking permission to call to present his oiBcers, to say good-by, and 

 to get letters of introduction for himself and officers to Congress. A. L. 

 S. I p. (In French.) LXII, 12. 



From The Continental Congress, Committee of Foreign Affairs, to 

 The American Commissioners. 1777. June 18. Philadelphia. 



Skirmishes in the Northern Department. Military affairs in New 

 Jersey. A. L. S. Benj[amin] Harrison et al. 4 p. (In duplicate.) 



LIII, 45. 



Printed in Diplom. Corres., Wharton, II, 344. 



From Archibald Douglas. 1777. June 18. Cherbourg. 



Is now lying in Cherbourg with the same prize that Capt. John 

 Burnell informed Franklin of; does not know what to do with her 

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