274 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



Fro7n W. Brent. 1780. July 25. Liege. 



His countrymen in high spirits; just had despatches from the English 

 of the capture of Fort St. John [Florida], in America, from the 

 Spaniards; accounts from Cornwallis of further successes in South Caro- 

 lina. A. L. S. I p. XIX, 36. 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr. 1780. July 25. Nantes. 



Arrival of a cartel at Morlaix; encloses a letter from Capt. [John] 

 Manley; poor Cunningham still alive; wishes all these poor fellows 

 could be exchanged ; artifices used by the English to induce the prisoners 

 to enter their service, A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVIII, 64. 



From Jean, Mr. Robeson's negro. 1780. July 25. Le Petit Oatelet. 



Begs his intercession with Captain [William] Robeson. A. L. S. 2 p. 

 (In French.) CII, 87. 



From Sam[ue]l Cooper. 1780. July 25. Boston. 



Offering his congratulations upon the safe arrival of the entire fleet 

 from Brest, under the Chevalier de Ternay. News of the loss of 

 Charlestown will arrive before his letter ; General Lincoln and his whole 

 army made prisoners and four frigates taken; difficulty of sending aid 

 and supplying provisions caused the surrender. This loss and the ar- 

 rival of the Marquis de la Fayette have awakened the States; great 

 efforts being made to reinforce Gen. Washington's army. Barbarous 

 conduct of the English in the Jerseys nobly opposed by Gen. [Nathanael] 

 Greene with a handful of troops and the Jersey militia; IVIrs. Calder, the 

 wife of a clergyman cruelly murdered and many women abused. Re- 

 port of a British fleet off Newport ; supposed to be Graves joined with 

 Arbuthnot. The bearer of this is his nephew, Richard Coopc-, who has 

 been some time in the naval service of his country. Recommends to 

 Franklin's kindness his dear boy at Passy. A. L. S. 3 p. XIX, 37. 



From R[odolpli] E[ric] Raspe. 1780. July 25. London. 



Recommending Baron Podmaniczki, a Hungarian noble who has been 

 received with great distinction by the nobility and learned of London ; 

 admitted to the Royal Society and, according to the new principle, was 

 taxed thirty guineas. Dr. [James] Graham, the prince of quacks, 

 has set up a Temple of Health in the Adelphi and pretends to do 



