Letters to Benjamin Franklin 523 



From Du Belair. 1778. October 28. Paris. 



Sending Franklin a manuscript work which he begs him to read 

 and criticize; any use Franklin pleases to make of it will satisfy the 

 author. A, L. S. i p. (In French.) XII, 91. 



From Joann. Adolph Behrends. 



1778. October 28. Frankfort-on-the-Main. 



Expressing the greatest admiration for Franklin and an ardent de- 

 sire to make his acquaintance; congratulates him on his election to the 

 French Medical Society. A. L. S. 3 p. (In Latin.) XII, 92. 



Fro /n Marquis de Courtanvaux. 1778. October 29. 



Invites Dr. Franklin to bring any American friend he may wish 

 to dinner at his house. A. N. in 3d P. I p. (In French.) LXX, 72. 



From Rich[ar]d Gridley. 1778. October 29. Boston. 



Reminding him of a conversation they had at General Washington's 

 quarters, at Cambridge, relative to mines; his son has a number of 

 samples of mines which he desires Franklin to examine; if the French 

 mineralogists should find them valuable, thinks it would prove of in- 

 finite service to America. A. L. S. 2 p. XII, 93. 



Frotn Fairholme and Luther to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. October 30. St. Martin, Isle de Re. 



Concerning the disposal of a cargo of fish taken by Captain Whipple 

 and brought to the island. A. L. S. 4 p. XII, 94. 



From [C. G. F.] Dumas to The American Commissioners. 

 1778. October 30. The Hague. 



The Grand Pensionnaire displeased with Lord Suffolk's reply; ac- 

 count of the steps he has taken to force the Grand Pensionnaire into 

 some sort of action; account of their interview; extracts from Franklin's 

 letter on the subject of Holland's attitude towards America (2 p). 

 Received Mr. Lee's interesting papers of the 22d inst. ; and sent them 

 to the Leyden Gazette. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XXXIX, 58. 



Fro w G. Williams. 1778. October 30. London. 



Asking indulgence on behalf of Captain Elisha Clark and his crew, 

 who are confined in Havre de Grace, having been captured while en- 

 gaged in the southern whale fishery. A. L. S. 3 p. XII, 176a. 



