224 Miscellaneous Papers 



From to Sir Thomas Hampden. 1776. March 4. 



Submits a plan of conciliation between England and the United 

 States. If England does not make peace with her American Colonies 

 in 1777 she will lose them forever. Proposes a visionary scheme for 

 uniting the two countries as one nation. L. 4 p. (In French.) 



XLVII, 64. 



By . 1776. March, May. Rennes. 



Denouncing the Hessian troops on their departure for America. 

 Warning the English people on the spread of corruption and despo- 

 tism in their country. A. 2 Poems. 3 p. (In French.) LI, 3. 



By The Continental Congress. 1776. April 3. 



Instructions to the Commanders of private ships or vessels of war, 

 which shall have commissions or letters of marque and reprisal, au- 

 thorizing them to make captures of British vessels and cargoes. 

 D. S. John Hancock, Pres[ident]. 4 p. (In duplicate. Copy.) 



LXXV, 6. 



From W[illiam] T[emple] Franklin to . 



1776. May 16. 



Argues that space is not a real being, but merely an abstract idea. 

 A. L. S. 4 p. XLIX, 64. 



From Thomas Bond, Jr., to Dr. Jacob Rieger. 



1776. June 6. Bethlehem. 



List of surgical instruments to be purchased in France for the 

 General Hospital. A. Mem. S. i p. LXI, 140. 



From M. Walker to Mrs. [Jane] Mecom. [1776. Circa June.] 



When Mr. [Charles] Carroll and Mr. [Samuel] Chase left his house, 

 at Montreal, they took with them some small articles of plate and two 

 plated sauce pans. Spoke about the matter to Mr. Chase, as they passed 

 through Albany, but was referred to Mr. Carroll just as they were step- 

 ping into a vessel bound for New York, had therefore no opportunity of 

 speaking to him. Asks her to request Dr. Franklin to obtain those 

 articles from them and forward them to her address for him. A. L. S. 

 2 p. XLVIII, 60. 



