88 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [John] Paradise and Sir [William] Jones. 



1779- June 5. Calais. 



Acknowledging Franklin's courtesy and hospitality to them, in the 

 most cordial terms. L. in 3d P. i p. XIV, 156. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 366). 



From [C. G. F.] D[umas]. 1779. June 5. The Hague. 



Decision of Committee appointed by the Holland Assembly to stand 

 by the resolution in favor of unlimited convoys. Enclosing copy of a 

 memoir [2 p.] presented by Sir J[oseph] Y[orke] to L[eurs] H[autes] 

 P[uissances] complaining bitterly of the calumnies against England 

 published in the Leyden Gazette and of one in especial put into the 

 mouth of the Russian Minister, and demanding retraction and satisfaction. 

 Arrival of M. [Conrad Alexandre] Gerard [de Rayneval]'s despatches 

 from Philadelphia. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXIX, 104. 



From The Treasurer of Loans to The American Commissioners. 

 1779- June 5. Philadelphia. 



Notification of bills of exchange furnished to the State of Pennsyl- 

 vania. A. L. S. Fra[nci]s Hopkinson. (In quadruplicate.) I p. 



LIV, 42. 



From J[ohn] D. Schweighauser. 1779. June 5. Nantes. 



Account of expenditures for fitting out the frigate " Alliance " and 

 the brig " Morris," and note of drafts drawn in discharge of those ex- 

 penses. A, L. S. 3 p. LIV, 43. 



From Chevalier de Keralio. 1779. June 5. Paris. 



Is about to leave for a tour of inspection among the military schools 

 of the kingdom; promises to keep him informed of any maritime news 

 he may receive ; sends messages from the Comtesse de Forbach to Frank- 

 lin and his grandson. A. L. S. 1 p. (In French.) XIV, 157. 



From Due de Chaulnes. [Circa 1779.] June 6. Paris. 



Desiring to know the title of a book on the transportation of timber 

 in the Pyrenees; promised to procure it for Mr. Vaughan. A. L. S. 

 I p. (In French.) XLI, 37. 



