Letters to Benjamin Franklin 247 



From Fournier le jeune. 1780. May 9. Paris. 



Is more than grateful for Franklin's promise to sit several times for 

 his portrait; has chosen the artist, who is the bearer of this letter and 

 who will be glad of a sitting, if convenient. Is about to leave for 

 Chartres, and in six weeks will bring Franklin the impression of the 

 type, as well as a treatise upon the " Origin of Printing," written by his 

 father. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XVIII, 72. 



From The First Medical Society in the Thirteen United States of 

 America. 1780. May 10. New Fairfield, Conn. 



Hearing that Dr. Franklin is a member of the Royal Medical 

 Society of France, asks him in behalf of the Medical Society of the 

 United States to use his influence in having a regular correspondence 

 established between the two. A. L. S. James Potter, President, i p. 



LIV, 67. 



From Cabanis fils. 1780. May 10. Brive. 



His father anxious to have certain details in regard to lightning 

 rods, which he wishes to put in his house. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XVIII, 73. 



From [Charles] Millon. 1780. May 11. Paris. 



Has just discovered that he made a mistake in referring to a pas- 

 sage in the Xllth book of Diodorus Siculus; should have said the 

 Xlth book, paragraph xxxvi, in which the Greek priests seem, on 

 certain occasions, to have used their knowledge of electricity to work 

 signs and wonders. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XVIII, 74. 



FroTii Will[iam] Finnie. 1780. May 12. Williamsburg, Va. 



Announcing the loss of certain certificates and requests that should 

 they be offered for payment, they be protested. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 duplicate.) XVIII, 75 and 76. 



From Gourlade & Moylan. 1780. May 12. L'Orient. 



Enclosing an important letter for Capt. Jones, containing certain 

 statements connected with the capture of the English ship " Serapis." 

 A. L. S. I p. XVIII, 77. 



