Letters to Benjamin Franklin 483 



Frotn Puchelberg & Co. to The American Commissioners. 



1778. August 24. L'Orient. 

 Enclosing a letter for them from Mr. Lee. Associated with Mr. 

 Schweighauser, and therefore offers his services to the Commissioners. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XI, 78. 



From G. W[illiams]. 1778. August 24. London. 



State of affairs in London ; all men agree that the conquest of Amer- 

 ica is now utterly impracticable. Refers him to Captain Channing 

 for particulars. A. L. S. i p. XI, 79. 



From Comte de Thiaud. 1778. August 24. Boulogne. 



Recommending an Englishman whom he encountered at Boulogne 

 and who desires to go to Boston; his total ignorance of the French 

 language. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XI, 80. 



From [James Hutton]. 1778. August 24. The Hague. 



The passport came too late, as the Labrador ship had sailed. 

 Desires to know the name of the vessel in which General Montgomery's 

 monument has gone to America; loves the man's memory and would 

 do anything in his power to have the monument restored, should the 

 vessel be taken. L. 2 p. XI, 81. 



From Rod[olp]h Valltravers. 1778. August 25. Bienne. 



Thinks the reason he has received no answers to his last three letters 

 is owing to their not having been freed at Paris. Solicited by his 

 good old neighbor, Baron de Graffenried, to obtain some information 

 concerning his inheritance in America as explained in the enclosed 

 memorial (4 p.). A. L. S. 3 p. XI, 82. 



From Ra[lph] Izard to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. August 25. Paris. 



The necessity of interesting the ministry in favor of any loan that 

 may be attempted in Genoa, as the Genoese may require the security 

 of the Court of France. Americans deterred from entering into the 

 Mediterranean trade through fear of meeting the cruisers belonging 

 to the states of Africa; provisions relative to this danger stated in the 

 8th Article of the French Treaty of Commerce. A. L. S. 3 p. 



XI, 84. 



