Letters to Benjamin Franklin 341 



From Mme. Brillon. 1781. January i. 

 Wishes for the New Year. A. L. i p. (In French.) XLIII, 4. 

 Printed in Putnam's Monthly, October, 1906, 35. 



From The Board of Admiralty. 1781. January 2. Philadelphia. 



Requests information in regard to a late expedition commanded by 

 John Paul Jones, in which the frigate " Alliance " took part ; es- 

 pecially as to the ownership of the other ships, any previous agreement as 

 to the distribution of proceeds from prizes, the amount of proceeds, 

 the benefits received by the United States, the dispute between John 

 Paul Jones and Captain Landais, and as to the " Alliance " since her 

 arrival in French waters. A. L. S. Fra[nci]s Lewis, in behalf of the 

 Board. 3 p. LIV, 95. 



From John Bondfield. 1781. January 2. Bordeaux. 



Announcing the arrival of a vessel from Annapolis ; news of the land- 

 ing made by the English at Hampton and their precipitate retreat owing 

 to a body of French troops having landed at Georgetown, South Caro- 

 lina; Lord Cornwallis confined to a small circuit around Charlestown. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. XXI, 3. 



From David S[alisbury] Franks.^ 1781. January 3. L'Orient. 



The "St. James" to sail by the 15th inst. ; will be ready to embark 



as soon as he receives his instructions. A. L. S. i p. XXI, 4. 



' For Autobiographical Sketch see Pub. of Am. Jewish Historical Soc, X, lor. 



From John de Neufville & Son. 1781. January 3. Amsterdam. 



Concerning the business so admirably adjusted by the Hon. Thomas 

 Barclay, Consul-General in France for America. States several instances 

 proving the Dutch Republic's good will toward America. A. L. S. 

 3 p. XXI, 5. 



Fro/n [Frangois Barbe] de Marbois. 1781. January 4. Philadelphia. 



Exertions of Mrs. Bache in procuring supplies of clothing for the 

 American soldiers; Rivington's efforts to turn her zeal into ridicule. 

 A. L. S. 3 P- (In French.) XXI, 6. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 527; Bigelow, VII, 188). 



