326 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr. 1780. December 22. Nantes. 



Enclosing papers relative to the prisoners taken by Capt. Babcock, and 

 released on the conditions therein certified (3 p.). A. L. S. I p. 



XXXVIII, 74. 



From Walter Williams and Helenus Scott. 

 1780. December 22. Paris. 



Have come to Paris to renew their request (XX, 50) ; desirous of 

 obtaining a passage on a vessel of the King. L. S. 3 p. XX, 134. 



From [John] Charretie. 1780. December 23. Paris. 



Will not fail to pay his respects the following day. A. L. S. i p. 

 (In French.) XX, 135. 



Fro7n Ceintre fils. 1780. December 23. Near Angers. 



Desires to serve in the army as an officer. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 French.) XX, 136. 



From Tarrachon. 1780. December 23. Paris. 



Forwards a letter from Mme. la Comtesse de Preysing to M. le 

 Chevalier de la Luzerne. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XX, 137. 



From [Dr.] J[olin] Fothergill. 1780. December 25. London. 



Prevented from answering Franklin's obliging letter by a severe at- 

 tack of gout ; describes the difference between his attack and a disease 

 called strangury; remedies used for this latter. Instead of general wars, 

 would like to see a College of Justice where the claims of sovereigns 

 could be weighed and war only levied on those who refused submission. 

 Advises the establishment in the United States of one general standard 

 of weights and measures. Questions of oaths and affirmations. Sin- 

 gular that Massachusetts should have framed one of the most liberal 

 plans of Government since the beginning of the world. He and his 

 friend Dr. Barclay have established a school in Yorkshire in order to 

 provide a plain education for children not in affluent circumstances; 

 its success so far. Hopes that his friend and relative, Dr. Waterhouse, 

 will teach in the future Massachusetts College of Medicine; as yet he 

 is too young and inexperienced. A. L. S. 4 p. XX, 138. 



