288 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From J[onathan] Williams, [Jr.]. 1777. August 28. Nantes. 



Concerning the trouble between Capt Wickes and his men. Number 

 of persons he has helped with money or a berth on a ship. His uncle's 

 desire to return to America; begs Franklin to see him and advance him 

 twenty louis on his account. His proposals for Mr. Schweighauser's 

 daughter received rather coldly owing to his lack of means; his passion 

 gradually getting the better of all reason and reflection. A. L. S. 

 4 p. XXXVII, 109. 



Fro7n Jona[tlian] Williams, Jr., to The American Commissioners. 



1777. August 28. Nantes. 



Major Lutterloh's letter from Philadelphia speaks of the state of the 

 army as far superior to his expectations. Evacuation of the Jerseys con- 

 firmed, as well as the capture of Gen. Prescott. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXXVII, no. 



From F. Ludry Michet. 1777. August 28. 



Certifying that Louis Martin, lieutenant in a South Carolina regi- 

 ment, has undergone treatment, for a fistula, in the military hospital 

 of La Rochelle. A. L. S. (In French.) LVIII, 68. 



From Friedrich Barnzen. 1777. August 29. Hamburg. 



Wishes to become a useful " Subject " of the United States. A. L. 

 S. 3 p. LIX, 27. 



From Bedot fils aine. 1777. August 29. Montpelier. 



Solicits an order from Franklin for shoes. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) VI, 212. 



Frotn Bouillon. 1777. August 29. Paris. 



At the request of Mme. la Comtesse de Villeneuve, begs for a letter 

 of recommendation for Pierre Rerot, who desires to join the American 

 army as lieutenant ; his ardor so great that he will probably sail with 

 or without a commission. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) VI, 213. 



From Jno. P[aul] Jones. 1777. August 30. Portsmouth. 



Congress has put under his command the new sloop of war, the 

 Ranger; almost insuperable difficulties he has encountered in equip- 

 ping her; will wait on Franklin at the end of his cruise when he will 

 point out some effective enterprises ; encloses a paper he has hastily drawn 

 up on the present evils of navy system; his own feelings about being 

 superseded by his inferiors. L. S. 4 p. VI, 214. 



