30 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Durif de Cazaneuve. 1779. February 20. La Rochelle. 



Commanded " Le Marquis de la Fayette," in the service of Messrs. 

 Mease, Barclay, Caldwell & Co., of Philadelphia; taken prisoner by 

 the English and detained three months at Halifax; exchanged by the 

 Comte d'Estaing and arrived finally at La Rochelle; need of money; 

 begs Franklin to accept a letter of exchange which was drawn on 

 Messrs. Gruel, of Nantes, who refused to pay it. A. L. S. 4 p. 

 (In French.) XIII, 129. 



From John Bondfield to The American Commissioners. 

 1779. February 20. Bordeaux. 



Asking for a letter of marque for the ship, " Mary Fearon." Con- 

 cerning a letter from the President of the Navy Board at Boston. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. XIII, 130. 



From G [uirquette] AnquetilBrutiere. 1779. February 21. Granville. 



Reminding Franklin of his promise to redress his (Brutiere's) wrongs; 

 was compelled by an American privateer to take on board his ship 

 seven English prisoners, who consumed the major part of his supplies, 

 and forced him to return tc Dieppe; desires indemnification for his losses. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XIII, 131. 



From Hamelin. 1779. February 21. Nantes. 



[Joseph] Belton, an American, after boarding with him six months, 

 left without paying; he promised to send the money upon his arrival in 

 Paris whither he went to show Franklin a new kind of gun; begs 

 Franklin's interest to obtain it for him. A. L. S. 4 p. (In French.) 



XIII, 132. 



From Arthur Lee. 1779. February 21. Chaillot. 



Acknowledging Franklin's letter of the i8th inst. in which he de- 

 sires all the papers belonging to their department ; reasons why he 

 declines to give up the few original papers in his possession relating 

 to the transactions of their late joint Commission ; if Congress orders 

 it, will cede the point. A. L. S. 2 p. XIII, 133. 



