86 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [C. G. F.] D[umas]. 1779. May 31. Amsterdam. 



Arrival of certain vessels from America; news of the English being 

 defeated near Savannah. Is lodging at Mr. N.'s; for obvious reasons 

 will not see Chevalier G[ran]d nor his associates. Desires Franklin's 

 advice before becoming more intimate with Mr. Sayre. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXXIX, 103. 



From Benj[amin] Vaughan. 1779. May 31. London. 



Has just finished with the sheets [of his edition of his " Political, 

 Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces," London, 1779], only that 

 he has expectations of procuring his [Franklin's] preface to Mr. Gal- 

 [lo] way's speech, and in consequence the epitaph. Should have applied 

 to Mr. Wharton for them before his leaving England. His great admira- 

 tion of Franklin's paper on the "Aurora Borealis"; will send his com- 

 ments on that subject later; concerning Franklin's paper on the "Vis 

 Inertiae"; changes he expects to make in his own comments on that 

 paper. A. L. S. 4 p. XIV, 148. 



From John de Neufville & Son. 1779. May 31. Amsterdam. 



Concerning the loan for America recommended to their care ; Mr. 

 Sayre spoke with judgment on this point, though he confessed he had 

 no commission either from Congress or Franklin ; begs him to recom- 

 mend their firm to Congress or to any private acquaintance in America. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. XIV, 149. 



From Gerard d'Auzeville. [1779. May (?).] 



Begs Franklin to help him in carrying out his project of going to 

 America and acquiring a small tract of land for cultivation. L. S. 

 4 p. (In French.) XLII, 104. 



From John Paradise and Sir [William] Jones. 1779. June i. Paris. 



Desiring Franklin to insert in the enclosed passport the fact that 

 Mr. Paradise is an American gentleman, though born in Greece. L. S. 

 in 3d P. I p. XIV, 150. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 366). 



From [Barbeu] Dubourg. 1779. June i. 



The dinner proposed for the morrow at Auteuil has been postponed. 

 A. L. S. I p. (In French.) LXX, 84a. 



