Letters to Benjamin Franklin 489 



From [Comtesse] de Forbach, 



La Douairiere Duchesse de Deux-Ponts. 1778. September i. Paris. 



Win expect Dr. Franklin to-morrow. Was unable to go to see 

 him owing to many urgent affairs. A. N. in 3d P. i p. LXX, 95. 



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

 1778. September I. Martinique. 



In accordance with the Resolution of Congress of April 6th last, 

 he has drawn on them, to the order of Dr. [Arthur] Lee, for the sum 

 of 2,200 livres tournois. L. S. i p. XI, 103. 



From John Bondfield. 1778. September 2. Bordeaux. 



Does not like to decline the repeated requests of the Marquise de 

 la Fayette that she might deliver to Franklin in person some despatches 

 or packets; the kindness and consideration he has received as Frank- 

 lin's agent from the Marquise and other families of distinction. A. L. 

 S. I p. XI, 106. 



From [Silas] Deane. 1778. September 2. Philadelphia. 



General Sullivan's attempt to make good his retreat from Rhode 

 Island. Deplorable situation of the currency. General irritation at 

 the conduct of Comte d'Estaing; first in going to the southward which 

 caused him to miss the Jamaica fleet and allowed the enemy to es- 

 cape from the Delaware; and, second, his quitting Newport to follow 

 Lord Howe after an express agreement with General Sullivan to 

 attack that town. Has not settled any measures as yet with Con- 

 gress but hopes to rejoin Franklin early in the following winter. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. XI, 107. 



From D'Urbainville. 1778. September 2. Toulouse. 



Sends Franklin a " Diatribe in Verse on England and the Eng- 

 lish " in which he speaks of their declining power and the defeats 

 and disasters they have recently suffered in different parts of the 

 world. A. L. S. with Poem. 6 p. (In French.) LI, 27. 



From Chevalier de Marolles de Luce. 



1778. September 2. Paris. 



Begging him to be present at a meeting of scholars to be held at 

 " L'ancien College de Bayeux." A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XI, 108. 



