Letters to Benjamin Franklin 311 



From John Stewart. 1777. November 21. London. 



Asks for information concerning the use of tobacco ashes as a cure for 

 dropsical complaints. A. L. S. 3 p. VII, 116. 



From W[illiam] S[tralian]. 1777. November 21. London. 



Writes for a prescription, said to be given by Franklin, for the cure 

 of dropsy. Sent him a packet of newspapers with accounts of all the 

 news in London. A. L. S. i p. VII, 117. 



From Guerin. [1777. November 21.] 



Is a merchant of Auray in Brittany, petitions for the release of his 

 son and another officer of the ship " Le Farges " captured by an Eng- 

 lish squadron. Mem. S. 2 p. (In French.) LVII, 106. 



From Le Begue de Presle. 1777. November 22. Chatillon. 



Sends Franklin a pamphlet at the request of the author. Various 

 electrical experiments. Certain theories concerning waterspouts. A 

 L. S. 4 p. (In French.) VII, 118. 



From A. M. Hevin de Navarre and Francois Antoine, Baron de 

 Seyffertit. 1777. November 22. Wurtzbourg. 



Request for money to pay their expenses to Paris and return, to be 

 able to tell Franklin their plans for military service in America. A. L. 

 S. 2 p. (In French.) LXII, 87. 



By The Continental Congress. 1777. November 22. 



Directing the Commissioners of the United States, at the several 

 Courts of Europe, to deny the report that a treaty had been concluded 

 with Great Britain. D. S. Henry Laurens, President. 3 p. In dupli- 

 cate.) LXXV, 34-39- 



Printed in Journals of Congress, Phila. [1778], III, 527. 



From Comte de Benyowsky. [1777?] November 23. Paris. 

 Desiring a brief audience. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XLI, 119. 



