Letters to Benjamin Franklin 519 



From Col. de Champigny. 1778. October 22. Amsterdam. 



Has received no answer to his two letters written two months be- 

 fore; begs Franklin not to forget the contract they entered into and 

 to forward him the twelve ducats. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XII, 70. 



From [Chevalier] de Keralio. 1778. October 22. Paris. 



Begging for news from America on behalf of Madame la Comtesse 

 de Deux-ponts, and to his brother le Chevalier de Keralio. A. L. S. 

 I p. (In French.) XII, 71. 



From Fra[nci]s Hopkinson. 1778. October 22. Philadelphia. 



Was obliged to fly with his family from Bordentown where the 

 savages plundered his house to their heart's content; esteems it an 

 honor to have suffered in his country's cause; the assistance he has 

 endeavored to render with his pen. Has been appointed, by Congress, 

 Treasurer of Loans with a salary of $2,000, a bare subsistence in 

 the present state of the currency. Mrs. Bache has lent him Franklin's 

 electrical apparatus and he desires to borrow his little air pump; prom- 

 ises to take great care of them. A. L. S. 2 p. XII, 72. 



From Ra[lph] Izard to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. October 23. Paris. 



Acknowledging the trouble they have taken in endeavoring to re- 

 cover his baggage. A. L. S. i p. XII, 73. 



From The General Assembly of Massachusetts to The American 

 Commissioners. 1778. October 23. Boston. 



Agreeable to directions, transmits copies of an " Act to prevent the 

 return to Massachusetts of certain persons . . . who have left the state 

 to join our inveterate and cruel enemies." A. L. S. John Avery, 

 D[eput]y Sec'y. i p. XII, 74. 



From Dumoulin. 1778. October 23. Paris. 



Madame la Comtesse de Chateaurenault, mother-in-law of the Comte 

 d'Estaing desires to wait on Franklin at an appointed hour. A. L. 



s. I p. XII, 75. 



