Letters to Benjamin Franklin 439 



From The Continental Congress, Marine Committee, to The Ameri- 

 can Commissioners. 1778. June 10. York, Pa. 



Requesting them to purchase twenty-eight cannon and ship them to 

 Portsmouth or Boston. A. L. S. Richard Henry Lee, Chairman, i p, 



X, 275^. 



From Sikes. 1778. June 11. Paris. 



Like Franklin, he has made great progress in science; sends him a 

 prospectus of an instrument, invented by himself and approved by the 

 Royal Academy of Sciences; desires to show him this invention. A. L. 

 S. I p. (In French.) X, 28. 



From Massieu. 1778. June 11. Caen. 



Wrote to Mr. Deane in the beginning of April concerning M. Du- 

 mesnil de St. Pierre who was killed three years before in the service 

 of Congress and of whose death some authentic certificate is wanted ; 

 encloses an extract of his letter to Mr. Deane as the best way to ex- 

 plain the affair; begs for an answer. A. L. S. 4 p. X, 29. 



From [C. G. F.] D[umas] to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. June II. The Hague. 



His interviews with the Grand Facteur a propos of the advisability 

 of presenting to the Grand Pensionnaire a copy of the treaty with 

 France. Has just seen the fine, spirited Resolution of Congress on the 

 subject of the Conciliatory Bill. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



XXXIX, 35. 



Froj)i Georgelin Du Cosquer. 1778. June 11. Paris. 



His project for duration of law-suits in France; hopes Franklin will 

 second his undertaking; Article 25 of the wise Constitution of Penn- 

 sylvania is the model which he intends to propose to France for imi- 

 tation. A. L. S, I p. Enclosing a sketch of this plan (3 p.). (In 

 French.) 



Copy of Franklin's answer. Avows his attachment to France; 

 praises M. du Cosquer's laudable intention, but pleads his ignorance 

 of French law as a reason for his being unable to judge of the work, 

 I p. (In French.) X, 30. 



