498 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



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



1778. September 17. St. Pierre. 



Drawing upon them for a certain sum of money. A. L. S. i p. 

 (In French.) XI, 147. 



From W[illiam] Lee to The American Commissioners. 



1778. September 17. Paris. 



Requests a conference on an important subject concerning which 

 profound secrecy must be preserved. A. L. S. i p. XI, 148. 



Frotn Croiset. 1778. September 17. Paris. 



Requested by a merchant of La Rochelle to forward the enclosed 

 to Franklin and beg his interest in the contents; his friend desires to 

 render himself useful in the new alliance between France and the 

 United States. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XI, 149. 



From Elizabeth Angelique Faucon V[euv]e La Louelle. 

 1778. September 18. St. Malo, 



Petition from the relatives of Bernard La Louelle who was surgeon 

 on the frigate Reprisal, Captain Lambert Wickes. D. 2 p. (In 

 French.) LVII, 22. 



From The Treasurer of Loans to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. September 18. Philadelphia. 



Transmits lists of the numbers which the bills of exchange are to 

 bear, in order that the Commissioners may detect counterfeits. Ac- 

 companied by an invoice of the bills furnished to each state up to 

 date. A. L. S. Fra[nci]s Hopkinson. 3 p. (In triplicate.) 



LIII, 72. 



From Jno. P[aul] Jones. 1778. September 18. Brest. 



Announces the return of the fleet, having been absent a month and 

 accomplished nothing. Arrival of the frigate Juno with the English 

 frigate Fox; if the minister will give him nothing better, would rather 

 accept the Fox and the Alert as a tender, than remain idle. His 

 letter of the 13th to the Minister, approved of by the Duke de la Roche- 

 foucauld. A. L. S. 2 p. XI, 150. 



