Letters to Benjamin Franklin 475 



children. Has heard that his brother resided for a time with a wheel- 

 wright, Johannes Brubacher, near Lancaster. Encloses letter to Bru- 

 bacher and to his brother. A. L. S. 2 p. LIX, 85. 



From W[illia]m Bingham to The American Commissioners. 



1778. August 10. St. Pierre. 

 Repeats his announcement made in letter 25, concerning a bill 

 drawn by him on the Commissioners. A. L. S. I p. (In French.) 



XI, 35. 



From John Murphy. 1778. August 10. Boulogne. 



Sailed from Rhode Island the 26th of August, 1777, in the sloop 

 Swallow; had the misfortune to be taken and sent to Jamaica, thence 

 in irons to England, where he made his escape from prison and ar- 

 rived in Boulogne; begs for a line. A. L. S. i p. XI, 36. 



From Col. Chevalier de Champigny. 1778. August 10. Amsterdam. 



Fragment of a letter, concerning the payment of a subscription. 

 A. L. S. I p. (In French.) XI, 37. 



From J[am]es Leveux. 1778. August ,10. Calais. 



Concerning two Americans who escaped from an English prison, 

 and whose expenses to Paris he defrayed ; one is Edward Leger, lieu- 

 tenant on the Hornet, the other, Thomas Barnes, surgeon on the Hamp- 

 den. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XI, 38. 



From the Continental Congress. 1778. August 11. 



Consigning the cargoes of several vessels to the American Com- 

 missioners at Paris. 



D. S. Cha[rle]s Thomson, Sec[retar]y. i p. (In duplicate.) 



LXXV, 65 and 66. 



From Mrs. R. Parsons. 1778. August 12. Paris. 



Her astonishment that Franklin denied having given Mr. Parsons 

 the least encouragement to go to America; protests against this view 

 of the case. Details her miserable condition, alone in a foreign land, 

 and in hourly expectation of being sent to prison for debts; begs Frank- 

 lin to render her some assistance. A. L. S. 3 p. XI, 39. 



