Letters to Benjamin Franklin 279 



From Abbe [Jacob] Hemmer. 1780. August 8. Mannheim. 



Presenting Dr. Franklin with the last volume on physics from the 

 Academy of Manheim. N. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) LXX, 114. 



By The Continental Congress. 1780. August 9. 



Resolutions relating to bills of exchange to be drawn on Benjamin 

 Franklin to the amount of $100,000. Copy of D. S. Cha[rle]s Thom- 

 son, Sec'y. Attested by Cha[rle]s Lee, Sec'y. [of the Board of 

 Treasury], i p. LIV, 80. 



From The Board of Treasury. 1780. August 10. 



Order carrying out the preceding resolutions. D. S. Cha[rle]s Lee, 

 Sec'y. I p. LIV, 81. 



From [Capt. Baron] de Frey. 1780. August 9. Paris. 



Takes the liberty of renewing his former request. A. L, S. i p. 

 (In French.) XIX, 58. 



From Louis Gourlet Duplessy. 1780. August 11. Noyon. 



Recounts his services to the United States. Was a resident of 

 Quebec. Raised a corps of 50 Canadians at the outbreak of the war 

 to fight for the United States. Served as Sergeant in Col. [Henry 

 Beekman] Livingston's regiment. Was invalided and discharged with a 

 pension. Returned to France with his family. Is now in destitute cir- 

 cumstances and begs Franklin to secure payment for him of his pension 

 while in France. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) LX, 33. 



Fro?n [C. G. F.] Dumas. 1780. August 11. The Hague. 



Cheered by Franklin's hopeful view of American affairs. His present 

 disagreeable position; surrounded by enemies and spies; bad effect on his 

 health; reminds Franklin of his promise to obtain from Congress a 

 formal commission, ratifying his position of United States Agent. 

 Enclosing a deposition [3 p.] by Isaac White and others concerning 

 their pursuit and injury by a French ship. Disgusted with the Baron 

 de Wiilffen and his family. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



XXXIX, 177. 



