462 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From S. and J. H. Delap to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. July 18. Bordeaux. 



Forwarding a letter from Captain Wm. Hill Sargeant (X, 130) ; 

 offers their house as security that he will make no improper use of the 

 desired letters of marque. A. L. S. i p. X, 131. 



From Raw[lin]s Lowndes. 1778. July 18. Charleston. 



Commodore Gillon commissioned to procure ships-of-war in Europe 

 for the State of South Carolina. A. L. S. 2 p. X, 132. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 287). 



From Richelet. 1778. July 18. Dormans. 



Has heard of the union of the thirteen Provinces of America; a 

 strange coincidence that his own little manor is also cut up into thirteen 

 cantons; encloses a colored plan of his estates, showing the divisions 

 and vineyards; desires Franklin to visit him at the Hermitage; has 

 heard of the extreme simplicity which characterizes his mode of life, 

 therefore does not hesitate to offer him lodgings merely for himself, 

 his private secretary, valet de chambre and two lackies, also promises 

 him a good soup and two entrees. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



X, 133. 



From D'herime. 1778. July 18. Ath [?], Austria. 



The orders from his Court, in hastening his departure, deprive him 

 of the precious advantage of seeing Franklin once again; desires con- 

 firmation of the news that Count d'Estaing has arrived in Boston, and 

 that Philadelphia is evacuated. The sincere attachment which he and 

 his wife have vowed to Franklin. Encloses the extract of a letter, giving 

 an account of the movements of Frederick the Great and M. de Laudon 

 [the war of the Bavarian succession]. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



X, 134^/4. 



From Joseph Kendall. 1778. July 19. Nantes. 



Offers himself to Franklin to serve in any capacity of which he may 

 think him competent; by profession is a surgeon, but will exert him- 

 self in any other line. The number of privateers fitted out at the 

 islands of Guernsey and Jersey and their success in destroying the 

 American trade. Lays before Franklin a plan to land a small body of 



