164 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



leaving before Holland weakens. The affair of the unlimited convoys 

 no nearer completion. Mr, Izard at Amsterdam. Vessel being built 

 there after Mr. Sayre's pattern. Affair of the deserters from the 

 " Serapis." A. L. S. 3 p. XXXIX, 128. 



From [Jean Charles Pierre] Lenoir. 1779. November i. Paris. 



Acknowledging Franklin's letter and promising to have Mr. Smith 

 carefully watched; will give orders to the police officer to wait on 

 Franklin for certain necessary details. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XVI, 83. 



From John de Neufville & Son. 1779. November i. Amsterdam. 



M. Dumas gone to the Hague. The American squadron to be placed 

 on the same footing as the French men-of-war, so that the English spies 

 at the Helder may do as little harm as possible. Desires to see the 

 Danish pay forfeit in American possessions for their disrespect towards 

 the Colonies of the United States at Bergen and for their adoption of 

 the English party. A. L. S. i p. XVI, 84. 



From Marasse. 1779. November i. Mareuil. 



Desiring news of Bechet de Rochefontaine who embarked for America 

 in 1778 and entered the army with the rank of Major. A. L. S. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XVI, 85. 



From Jean Haag. 1779. November i. Boulogne-sur-mer. 



Born in Charleston ; served on board an American corsair until cap- 

 tured by the English; his arrival in France destitute of everything; begs 

 Franklin to pay his debts and to procure him passage to America. A. 

 L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XVI, 86. 



From Mme. Brillon. [1779?] November ist. La Thuillerie. 



Only the expectation of a happier life be3^ond the grave enables us to 

 bear this one, where we have continually to part with friends. In 

 heaven we shall all meet again, never to be separated. Gives her idea 

 of what heaven will be like. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XLIII, 35. 



Printed in Putnam's Monthly, Oct., 1906, 38. 



