Letters to Benjamin Franklin 357 



From Ra[lph] Izard. 1778. January 28. Paris. 



Concerning the Article under consideration by the Commissioners as 

 to whether an exemption from duty on molasses is an equivalent for a 

 total exemption of all the exports of North America to the French West 

 Indies; bitterly opposed to the execution of this article; his reasons for 

 this; complains of not having been consulted earlier on this point. A. 

 L. S. 4 p. VIII, 71. 



From Emmery pere et fils. 1778. January 29. Dunkirk. 



Pressure of business prevented them from informing Franklin of the 

 arrival of Captain Berthelot from New York; enclosing an abstract in 

 French of the Captain's report of that unhappy town. A. L. S. 2 p. 



Abstract of Captain Paul Berthelot's account of affairs in New York. 

 2 p. (In French.) VIII, 72. 



From Courtney Melmoth. 1778. January 29. Paris. 



Has sustained the loss of a large fortune; no longer able to support 

 his family with his pen ; disappointed in obtaining a secretaryship with 

 the Commissioners; in immediate need of £60; desires Franklin either 

 to put him in the way of earning this sum by writing, or advance it to 

 him as a loan. A. L. S. 3 p. VIII, 73. 



From Davies Inglesina. 1778. January 29. Paris. 



Visiting Paris; desires to wait on the ingenious inventor of the 

 " Divine Armonica." A. L. S. i p. VIII, 74. 



From Ra[lph] Izard. 1778. January 30. Paris. 



The extraordinary neglect with which he has been treated ; forced 

 to complain to Franklin ; begs him again to reconsider the Article, which 

 was the subject of his last letter, or at least to make the Treaty for a 

 term of years only. A. L. S. 3 p. VIII, 75. 



From Arthur Lee. 1778. January 30. Chaillot. 



Stating his objections to the admissibility of the 12th Article con- 

 cerning the duty upon molasses in the proposed commercial Treaty. A. 

 L. S. 4 p. VIII, 76. 



Printed in R. H. Lee's Life of Arthur Lee, I, 126. 



