Letters to Benjamin Franklin 469 



From [Horace Benedict] de Saussure. 1783. October 10. Geneva. 



Acknowledging a copy of the Constitutions of the United States. 

 Sends essay on hygrometry. Landriani, Professor of Physics at Milan, 

 deputed by the Austrian Government to have lightning rods erected 

 on all public buildings in Austrian Lombardy; also to write such an 

 essay as shall show the people the utility of the rods; desires data 

 as to the use of lightning rods in America. A. L. S. 3 p. (In 

 French.) VIII, 33. 



From S[ilas] Deane. 1783. October 19. London. 



Defends himself against the charges of intimacy with Benedict 

 Arnold, and of furnishing Lord Sheffield with most of the facts and 

 principles in his recent work on the Commerce [of the United States]. 

 A. L. S. 5 p. VIII, 34. 



From [Sir] Jos[eph] Banks. 1783. November 7. [London.] 



At a meeting of the Royal Society, he read Dr. Franklin's two recent 

 letters on balloon experiments in Paris; the Society hailed with delight 

 his return to philosophical pursuits ; desires to know whether he would 

 choose to have these letters printed in the Philosophical Transactions. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. VIII, 35. 



From S[ilas] Deane. 1783. November 7. London. 



Endeavoring to get the restrictions on American trade with the West 

 Indies modified or removed. Has written long letters to Mr. [Thomas] 

 Barclay and to Col. [Jeremiah] Wadsworth concerning the settlement 

 of his accounts. A. L. S. 2 p. VIII, 36. 



Printed in Collections of New York Historical Society, 1890. Deane Papers, 

 V, 232. 



From de Thurn. 1783. November 19. Fontainebleau. 



His appointment by the King of France, as Secret Agent in England. 

 D. S. 3 p. (In French. Copy.) VIII, 37. 



From W[illia]in Lee Perkins. 



1783. December 7. Kingston-upon-Thames. 



The diploma electing his father a corresponding member of the 

 Royal Society of Medicine at Paris, arrived after his decease; hopes 

 that this honor may be transferred to him. Enclosing a printed treatise, 

 in Latin, on Influenza [16 p.]. L. S. 3 p. (Copy.) VIII, 38. 



