Letters to Benjamin Franklin 8i 



From [C. G. F.] D[uinas]. 1779. May 18. The Hague. 



Enclosing a copy of his letter (2 p.) to the Grand Pensionnaire, rela- 

 tive to the capture and condemnation by an American privateer of a 

 Dutch ship taken by mistake for English property. Necessity of 

 strengthening the Anti-English party. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXXIX, 99. 



From Veuve Presle de Sainte Marie. 1779. May 19. Paris. 



Thanking Franklin for his promise to forward the enclosed letters 

 to her son in Guadeloupe. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XIV, 124. 



From [Marquis de] la Fayette. 1779. May 19. Paris. 



Enclosing a letter from M. de Gimat with an account of a very 

 dangerous division between the officers of the " Alliance." Sends 

 Franklin his ideas for print; could make out an immense book on so 

 rich a matter. Reflections on the English Ministry. Ireland's un- 

 settled state; possibility of a corps of two thousand men with four 

 thousand spare arms finding among the Irish many lovers of liberty 

 and many enemies to the English government. A. L, S. 2 p. XIV, 125. 



From [C. G. F.] D[umas]. 1779. May 19. The Hague. 



Protest against the Admiralty's evasive reply, by the merchants of 

 Amsterdam and Rotterdam; their demand for unlimited convoys. Eng- 

 land asked to revise certain verdicts in the case of Dutch vessels captured 

 by the English. Lord Weymouth's refusal. Visit from Nicholas Davis. 

 A. L. S. I p. (In French.) XXXIX, 100. 



From Sam[uel] W. Stockton. 1779. May 20. The Hague. 



Owing to lack of funds, is unfortunately deprived of the pleasure of 

 paying his respects to Franklin before leaving for America; desires to 

 carry any despatches for Congress Franklin may care to send; begs for 

 a few lines in his favor to the Committee of Congress for Foreign Af- 

 fairs, as well as some letters of recommendation from Dr. Pringle; 

 transcribes copies of letters written in his favor by Samuel Wharton 

 and Mr. Cushing. Franklin's cautionary letter respecting Nicholas 

 Davis has prevented the latter's imposing on several persons. Affairs 

 in the Netherlands; the Prince of Orange again endeavoring to delay 

 the equipment of the convoys; an attack on their convoys by the English 

 needed to rouse the provinces from their lethargy. A. L. S. 3 p. 



XIV, 126. 



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