Letters to Benjamin Franklin 29 



From Susanna Hodenpyl G. B. Gillon. 

 1779. February 19. Bath. 



Enclosing a letter for her brother, Mr. Alexander Gillon, of Charles- 

 ton, who expects to be in Paris in a few days. A. L. S. i p. 



XIII, 125. 



From [Felix] Vicq d'Azyr. 1779. February 19. Paris. 



Inviting Franklin to be present at a meeting of the Royal Society 

 of Medicine. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XIII, 126. 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr., to The American Commissioners. 



1779. February 20. Nantes. 



Rectification of the mistake relative to Mr, Simeon Deane's goods. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVIII, 9. 



From The Treasurer of Loans to The American Commissioners. 



1779. February 20. Philadelphia. 



Notification of bills of exchange furnished to the States of Mary- 

 land, New York, Massachusetts-Bay and Delaware. A. L. S. 

 Fra[nci]s Hopkinson. i p. (In quadruplicate.) LIV, 9. 



From Saint Pierre Dutaille. 

 1779. February 20. The Frigate Concord. 



Officer and engineer in the American service; sends a copy of a letter 

 written to M. de Sartine ; his unfortunate experience and present 

 imprisonment on board the frigate "Concord." A. L, S. i p. (In 

 French. ) 



[Notes in English on back of Mss.] In M. de St. Pierre's letter 

 to M. de Sartine, he confessed that, knowing how inhumanly the 

 French prisoners were treated, he wrote a letter to the Governor of 

 Jamaica proposing a plan for conquering Carolina and Georgia ; encloses 

 this plan and points out its palpable absurdity and the object for 

 which it was written. His imprisonment at St. Domingo; later, sent 

 a prisoner to France, i p. XIII, 127. 



From Desgranges & Co. 1779. February 20. Paris. 



Sending a prospectus of their armament, and asking that Franklin 

 and his friends should aid an enterprise, whose object is to insure 

 commercial prosperity. L. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) XIII, 128. 



