Letters to Benjamin Franklin 325 



From Count Kothkowski. 1777. December 26. London. 



Embarked on a Dutch ship bound for Boston with Franklin's letter 

 of recommendation to General Washington ; was taken prisoner and 

 brought to Portsmouth; suffered all kinds of bad treatment from the 

 English; his destitute condition; begs Franklin to write a line in his 

 favor to Mr. Benjamin Vaughan, of London, who will then procure 

 him the means of realizing his former intentions. L. S. 2 p. 



VII, 178. 



Fro7n Lavabre & Doerner. 1777. December 26. Paris. 



Enclosing a letter for Franklin from Amsterdam and asking Franklin 

 to give the bearer the promised letter of recommendation. L. in 3d P. 

 I p. (In French.) VII, 179. 



From Comte de la Cepede. 1777. December 26. Paris. 



Concerning certain experiments which he invites Franklin to witness. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) VII, 180. 



From Lambert. 1777. December 26. Basle, Switzerland. 



Congratulates him on the victories in America, and requests a com- 

 mission in the American army. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



LXII, 62. 



Fro OT Jean Louis Destelan de Norey. 1777. December 27. Rennes. 



Account of his services and request for a commission in the American 

 navy. A. L. S. 3 p. LXII, 89. 



Fro?n [George] Arnold. 1777. December 27. Mayence. 



Veneration Germans have for the heroic deeds of General Arnold. Is 

 he the son of a Mayence butcher? Was he a monk of the order of St. 

 Francis? Arnold wrote to Mayence in 1773. Received papal dispen- 

 sation recently. Thinks General Arnold is his son. A copper print of 

 Arnold, made in London, in 1776, and sold in Mayence, confirms his 

 belief. Others assert that General Arnold was born in New England. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. LIX, 12. 



From Jona[tlian] Williams, Jr. 1777. December 27. Nantes. 



Requesting another letter of credit on M. Grand. A. L. S. 1 p. 



VII, 181. 



