Letters to Benjamin Franklin 249 



From Fontaine. 1780. May 14. Freiburg. 



Wishes to know what inducements will be offered to colonists to 

 settle in America. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XVIII, 83. 



From Chevalier de Keralio. 1780. May 14. L'Ecole Royale, Paris. 



Has heard rumors of peace and hopes they are authentic. A. L. S. 

 I p. (In French.) XVIII, 84. 



Fro7n The Treasurer of Loans to The American Commissioners. 

 1780. May 14. Philadelphia. 



Notification that bills of exchange have been furnished to Massa- 

 chusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Hamp- 

 shire. A. L. S. Fra[nci]s Hopkinson. i p. LIV, 69. 



From Allaire. 1780. May 15. Paris. 



Begs Franklin's intervention on behalf of a [Peter] ^ Allaire, an Amer- 

 ican prisoner in the Bastile; reasons for thinking the present time pro- 

 pitious. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XVIII, 85. 



* See Metropolitan Magazine, Nov., 1907, p. 180. 



From Sam[ue]l Wharton. 1780. May 15. L'Orient. 



Sending Franklin a copy of a curious confidential letter, dated Jan- 

 uary 30th, from Gen. Clinton to Lord George Germain, which appeared 

 in a newspaper of the 8th of April. Capt. Montgomery reports the 

 markets of Philadelphia abundant and reasonable; as many vessels load- 

 ing in the harbor as in times of peace, and the people under no appre- 

 hension of Charlestown being taken. Is extremely impatient for Capt. 

 Jones's return, as they find L'Orient both dull and unhealthy. A. 

 L. S. I p. XVIII, 86. 



From Baron de Arendt. [1780.] May 16. 



Inquires if he can see him that afternoon. A. L. in 3d P. i p. 

 (In French.) XLIV, 210. 



From Geo[rge] Scott. 1780. May 17. Naples. 



Begs for a hint of any favorable turn of affairs in the present un- 

 happy war. A. L. S. i p. XVIII, 87. 



