358 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From James Moylan. 1778. Januarj^ 30. L'Orient. 



Informed that the Government has ordered 2,000 seamen to be raised 

 in Nantes and 2,500 in St. Male, besides a number of bakers who are 

 all to proceed at once to Brest ; no fishing vessels bound for New Found- 

 land are to be admitted into the seaports. A. L. S. i p. VIII, 77. 



From Davies Inglesina. 1778. January 30. Paris. 



Regretting their inability to dine with Franklin owing to his sister's 

 late illness, but hopes to have the honor of waiting on him. A. L. S. 

 I p. VIII, 78. 



From Courtney Melmoth. 1778. January 30. Paris. 



Dr. Franklin and Mr. Deane indifferent to his labors. Mrs. Mel- 

 moth ill of a fever. A. L. S. i p. VIII, 80. 



From [Conrad Alexandre] Gerard [de Rayneval] to The American 

 Commissioners. 1778. January 30. Versailles. 

 Acknowledging their letter; will examine the translation. A. L. S. 

 I p. (In French.) VIII, 81. 



From Quemizet. 1778. January 31. 



Desires to emigrate to America and obtain a position as a master- 

 dyer; wishes to know if this plan is practicable. L. S. i p. (In 

 French.) VIII, 79. 



From [Silas] Deane to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. January. 



Concerning the opening of Mr. Lee's despatches by Mr. Carmichael 

 and the latter's intention of taking the book, in which they were written, 

 to America; Mr. Deane has written for a copy of them. They contain 

 a libel on two of the best men in America. Mem. i p. VIII, 85a. 



From Millin de Labrosse. [Circa 1778. January.] 



Urges Franklin and Deane to indemnify him for the losses he in- 

 curred whilst serving in the United States as Lieutenant-Colonel and 

 during his imprisonment in England. Offers his services again if re- 

 imbursed for his losses. Mem. 4 p. (In French.) (In duplicate.) 



LXI, 142 and 143. 



