Letters to Benjamin Franklin ioi 



From Montleger. 1779. June 25. Port Louis. 



Important affairs must have prevented Franklin from acting in the 

 case of the Duchesse Rosnarko, who desires to obtain the amount due 

 her son, killed on board the frigate " Reprisal " in the service of the 

 United States. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XIV, 209^. 



From Jno. G. Frazer. 1779. June 26. Bordeaux. 



Writes on behalf of an unfortunate countryman now a prisoner at 

 Aix in Provence; his desire to return to Virginia and render some ser- 

 vice to his country; his account of how he was forced into the service 

 of the English is true in every particular. A. L. S. I p. XIV, 210. 



From Rob[er]t Montgomery. 1779. June 26. Alicante. 



Has always subscribed himself a subject of the United States, yet the 

 day before, on a proclamation of war being made against England, he 

 was arrested, his property seized, and his house filled with soldiers; in 

 vain he produced his certificate and passport given him by Dr. Frank- 

 lin and Mr. Lee, they obtained him no relief; writes to Franklin for 

 further credentials, that he may be released from this distressing situa- 

 tion. A. L. S. I p. (In duplicate.) XIV, 211. 



From Le Content & Co. 1779. June 26. Paris. 



Enclosing a letter from Messrs. de la Torre ; begs Franklin to recom- 

 mend this firm to Congress, and give his advice as to the quickest means 

 of obtaining justice in this affair. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) 



XIV, 212. 

 From Arthur Lee. 1779. June 26. Paris. 



Informing Franklin that he will wait upon him on the 5th of July, 

 and asking for an authenticated copy of the letter from the Commis- 

 sioners to the Comte de Vergennes, concerning the agreement with 

 Hortalez & Co., as well as a copy of his Excellency's answer. A. L. in 

 3d P. XIV, 213. 



From John Bondfield. 1779. June 26. Bordeaux. 



Arrival of Capt. John Green on the 23d inst., having been captured 

 by a privateer; disappointment and loss incident to these miscarriages. 

 A courier from Madrid has just passed through Bordeaux on his way to 

 Versailles. A. L. S. i p. XIV, 214. 



