Letters to Benjamin Franklin 279 



From Ponteney. 1777. August 7. Versailles. 



Asks for an interview to arrange certain business matters. A. L. S. 



1 p. (In French.) LXI, 121. 



From M. de Germany. 1777. August 8. Paris. 



Requests Dr. Franklin to forward an enclosed letter to its destination. 

 N. in 3d P. I p. LXX, 103. 



From [Jean Simon David de] Foucault. 



1777. August 8. Plombieres. 



Health of his wife much improved. Good news from America; 

 defeat of Cornwallis by General Putnam and the abandonment of 

 Brunswick with a loss of 3,000 men; pursuit of the fleeing army by 

 General Putnam. Short of money, his stay being unexpectedly long; 

 asks Franklin for an advance of one hundred louis. Expects to go to 

 Switzerland; asks for Franklin's orders, A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



VI, 174. 



From Col. Chevalier de Champigny. 1777. August 8. Amsterdam. 



Franklin subscribed to his History of England. Sends the first vol- 

 ume; reasons for dedicating it to Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. Offers 

 him the first two volumes of his translation of the " Histoire des rois de 

 Danemark de la Maison d'Oldenbourg." A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



VI, 169. 

 From Real. 1777. August 9. Calais. 



Concerning the unfortunate circumstances of two sailors from Boston, 

 Joseph Peach and William Smith, who were taken prisoners by the 

 English; they escaped, seized a boat and arrived finally at Calais; de- 

 sires Franklin's permission to enable them to sell the boat they arrived 

 in, which the officers of the port have made them abandon. Calais 

 very often a refuge for Americans who escape from prison. A. L. S. 



2 p. (In French.) VI, 175. 



From John Bondfield. 1777. August 10. Bordeaux. 



Has a small sloop called the Montgomery, which he proposes to send 

 back, armed, to America; not having a commission, applies to Franklin 

 for one. Has two vessels that will sail direct for the continent in 

 fifteen days; any commands that Franklin may care to transmit by them 

 shall be duly attended to. A. L. S. i p. VI, 176. 



