Letters to Benjamin Franklin 507 



From Thomas Grant and Joses Hill to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. October 3. Bordeaux. 



Crew of the vessel Nancy, of Edenton, North Carolina, at Bordeaux, 

 petition them to adjust their claims with the French Admiralty, L. S. 

 3 p. LXI, 69. 



From [Capt. Jacques] Le Maire. 1778. October 3. Nantes. 



M. Gruel's vessel the safest means of sending the various articles 

 to Virginia. As [Arthur] Lee refuses to advance him another sou begs 

 Franklin to let him have the necessary sum. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) 



XII, 9. 



From Rolandeau. 1778. October 3. Paris. 



Asks if there is a letter for him in Franklin's keeping; desires a 

 certificate of his service in the American army, of his imprisonment 

 and subsequent arrival in England. A. L. in 3d P. I p. XII, 10. 



From G. B. [David Hartley]. 1778. October 4. 



Proposition concerning a treaty of peace. A. L. S. 3 p. XII, 12. 

 Partly printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 301, Note; Bigelow, VI, 219, Note). 



From Jona[than] Williams, [Sr.]. 1778. October 4. Boston. 



Introducing Mr. Henry Bromfield, of Boston. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXVII, 164. 



.From G. B. [David Hartley]. 1778. October 4. 



Peace and friendship between the two nations still practicable; his 

 plan for getting over the chief stumbling block. A. L. I p. XII, 13. 



From [Mrs.] Robert Herault. 1778. October 4. Calais. 



Begging for news of the cutter Benjamin, commanded by Cap- 

 tain Pierre Ricot, which sailed for the United States a year be- 

 fore; her husband was second in command and she is in the deepest 

 anxiety about his fate. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XII, 14. 



From J. Ingen Housz. 1778. October 5. London. 



Prevented from coming over to Paris by his undertaking a work 

 on the subject of smallpox and inoculation. Promises to show him 



