34 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Will[iam] MacCreery. 1779. February 27. Bordeaux. 



Asking Franklin to procure American merchants the liberty of load- 

 ing salt at Bordeaux, free of duty; complains that their ships are 

 treated as strangers and obliged to pay duties accordingly. A. L. S. 

 3 p. XIII, 151. 



From L[ouis] H[enri] de Bourbon [Prince de Conde]. 



1779. February 28. Paris. 



Has arranged with Messrs. de Vergennes and Sartine to give him 

 the necessary passports for his stud-groom Riotto [Augustin Badran] ; 

 begs also for Franklin's passport; he goes to England to procure dogs 

 and horses. L. S. i p. (In French.) XIII, 152. 



From J[ea]n Rousseaux. 1779. February 28. Dunkirk. 



Claims his salary as well as his prize money due him during his 

 service to Congress. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XIII, 153. 



From de St. Colombes. 1779. February 28. Au Puy. 



Requesting Dr. Franklin to forward in his mail a letter to M. 

 [Conrad Alexandre] Gerard [de Rayneval] which he sends. A. L. S. 

 I p. (In French.) LXX, 60. 



Fro?n P[ierre] Landais. 1779. February 28. Brest. 



Concerning the trial of the conspirators; urges again the advisability 

 of sheathing his vessel with copper; has not time to make an estimate 

 of the expense of all the repairs needed; his reasons for objecting to 

 exchange most of the conspirators and carry three or four of the 

 wickedest to America for trial, as Franklin suggests. A. L. S. 3 p. 



XIII, 154. 



From Gioanni De Bernardi. [1779. February ?] 



Desires to settle in America and asks his advice. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 Italian.) XLI, 116. 



From [Marquis de] la Fayette. [1779. February. Paris.] 



His Majesty's orders to remain in Paris without seeing a great 

 number of acquaintances ; thousand absurd rumors circulated about 

 American affairs; happy to receive Franklin at his house. A. L. S. i p. 



XLII, 134. 



