Miscellaneous Papers 375 



From John Matthias Halstead to John Lafitte Cadet. 



List of Continental Loan Office bills of exchange drawn on the 

 Commissioners at Paris. Mem. i p. (Copy.) LXIV, 36. 



From David Hartley [?] to The Lords Commissioners for Sick and 

 Hurt Seamen, London. 



Protest against the ill treatment of American prisoners in England. 

 Makes several charges against Cowdry, the Agent, who has charge of 

 the prisoners, of robbing them, giving them insufficient and tainted 

 rations, depriving them of fresh air, etc. The prisoners who attempt 

 to escape are put into the black hole, upon the floor of which water 

 always lies, and on half-rations upon which it is impossible for them 

 to live. L. S. " Humanitas." 2 p. LVII, 63. 



From John Herbergs to [Charles Theodore,] Elector Palatine Duke 

 of the Two Bavarias. 



Petition of the heir of Jean Striepers concerning his claim to a 

 considerable lot of land in and near the city of Philadelphia. L. 2 p. 

 (In French. Copy. In duplicate.) LVI(i), 85a and b. 



By L'heritier. 



An allegorical definition of calumny expressed in eight different lan- 

 guages, to which is appended some Latin verses on the same subject. 

 Diss. 3 p. (In French.) XLIX, 32. 



From Comte D'Herouville [de Claye] to [Jean Baptiste] Le Roy. 



April 30. 



Begs him to make use of the accompanying packet and to send him 

 as definite a reply as possible. A. N. in 3d P. i p. LXX, ii6b. 



By Jarry. 



On the birth of the Dauphin. Venus foiled three times. On Marie 

 Antoinette. Printed poems. 11 p. (In French.) LI, 94. 



From Due de la Rochefoucauld to [Barbeu] Dubourg. 



Returns the " Extract des Journaux " and the Minutes or Proceed- 

 ings of the Pennsylvania Convention. Asks if it would be possible 

 to get a copy of the latter. A. L. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) 



XLIV, 223. 



