262 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Lanib[er]t Wickes. 1777. June 28. St. Malo. 



Announcing his safe arrival in company with Captain Nicholson; 

 details of their late cruise; account of being pursued by a man-of-war. 

 Advice concerning Capt. Nicholson's ship. Praises Capt. Johnston. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. VI, 86. 



Printed in Hale's Franklin in France, I, 123. 



From Comte de . 1777. [June ?] 



Oilers to raise and furnish, to the United States, a corps of from 

 2,000 to 10,000 trained troops, fully armed and equipped. A. L. S. 

 2 p. (In French.) LX, 48. 



From Comte de . 1777. June 29. Spa. 



On the same subject as the preceding letter. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) LX, 49. 



From [Jean Jacques] Caffieri. 1777. June 30, [Paris.] 



Desires a sketch of General Montgomery. A. N. in 3d P. i p. 



LXX, 41, a. 



From [Jean Baptiste] LeRoy. [1777? June.] 



Sends a letter from M. Caffieri. Franklin's gift received with 

 gratitude at the Academy. Dr. Home, a young Scotch physician who 

 is about to start for Vienna, will gladly take Franklin's letter for Dr. 

 Ingen Housz. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XLIV, 160. 



From . [1777. June. Paris.] 



Rank, age, titles and description of the nine officers that went to 

 America with M. de Bretigney in June, 1777. Mem. 2 p. (In 

 French.) LXII, 14. 



From Berthon [de Maissonneuve]. 1777. July i. Brussels. 



Requesting him to forward a letter to Mr. [Stephen] Sayre. A. 

 L. S. I p. (In French.) LXX, 26. 



From Mehl. 1777. July i. SchorndorfE, Wurtemberg. 



His love for America. Was going thither in 1754, but vessel was 

 wrecked. Is desirous of establishing a tobacco agency at his place. 

 Mentions Christopher Lochner, of Philadelphia, as reference. A. L. 

 S. 3 p. LXX, 38. 



