Letters to Benjamin Franklin 445 



From Rich[ard] Bache. 1781. December 4. Philadelphia. 



Mr. [Silas] Deane's letters have ruined him in the opinion of his 

 countrymen; some suspicion cast upon Dr. [Edward] Bancroft. A. 

 L. S. I p. V, 77. 



From Rob[er]t Morris. 1781. December 4. Office of Finance. 



Mr. [John] Ross's bills should be paid, not sent back protested. 

 Payments made to M. [Ferdinand] Grand and to Mr. [William] 

 Bingham. L. S. 2 p. (In duplicate.) V, 78. 



FroTii [Madame] de Wesselow Cramer. 1781. December 10. 



Congratulating him upon the success of the American arms in Vir- 

 ginia. News of his grandson [Benjamin Franklin Bache] ; question 

 of his studies; gives him the same degree of care accorded to her 

 own children. Concerning a position for Madame [Dorcas] Mont- 

 gomery. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) V, 79. 



From The Continental Congress. 1781. December 10. [Philadelphia.] 



Resolution directing the States to fill their quotas in troops by a cer- 

 tain date. Extract from the Minutes. S. Geo[rge] Bond, Dep[ut]y 

 Sec[retar]y. Copy attested by L[ewis] R. Morris, Sec[retar]y. 3 p. 



V, 80. 



From Rob[er]t R. Livingston. 1781. December 16. Philadelphia. 



Wilmington, a center of Toryism, evacuated, leaving the North 

 Carolina tories to the mercy or resentment of their countrymen. De- 

 siring a sketch for a memorial pillar to be erected at Yorktown. 

 Encloses an ordinance of Congress prohibiting the importation of all 

 British goods not captured. L. S. 3 p. (In duplicate and triplicate.) 



V, 81 and 82. 



Printed in Diplom. Corresp. of the Am. Rev., Wharton, V, 53. 



From Chev[ali]er de Bres. 1781. December 22. Nice. 



Soliciting his aid for four young men who wish to enter the Amer- 

 ican Army; unknown to Dr. Franklin; gives references. A. L. S. 3 p. 

 (In French.) V, 83. 



