Letters to Benjamin Franklin 347 



From Genet. 1781. January 27. Paris, 



Request from Capt. [William] Robeson for a passage to America on 

 board one of the King's ships. A. L, S. i p. (In French.) XXI, 33. 



From S[ilas] Deane. 1781. January 27. Antwerp. 



Situation of Antwerp admirable for commerce, though that as well 

 as politics appears to have been banished. A. L. S. i p. XXI, 34. 



From [Antoine Laurent] Lavoisier. 1781. January 27. 



Has just heard that the shipment of saltpetre from St. Malo to 

 L'Orient has terminated successfully; offers his congratulations. Has 

 sustained a heavy blow in the loss of an aunt who had been a second 

 mother to him. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXI, 35. 



From [Francis M.] Dana. 1781. January 27. Paris. 

 Accepting invitation to dinner. L. in 3d P. i p. XXI, 36. 



From [Frangois] Felix Nogaret. [C//Tfli78i.] January 29. Versailles. 



Hopes Franklin has regained health. Asks him to accept as a gift 

 the portrait of the Archbishop of Paris which will soon be engraved 

 and delivered to him. A. L. S. I p. (In French.) XLIV, 202. 



From James Searle. 1781. January 29. Paris. 



Unable to accept his invitation to dinner as he is engaged to M. de 

 Beaumarchais. L. in 3d P. i p. XXI, 37. 



From Daubert. 1781. January 29. Caen. 



Enclosing a sonnet (i p.) of which Franklin is the subject; written 

 in honor of the Immaculate Conception ; it won the first prize at the 

 University of Caen. A. L, S. i p. (In French.) XXI, 38. 



From [C. W. F.] Dumas. 1781. January 30. The Hague. 



Holland's manifesto not yet published; fears the consequence of so 

 much delay, Holland likely to ask of France aid for her forces in the 

 East Indies. A. L. S, i p, (In French.) XXXIX, 205. 



From Princess Daschkow. [1781.] January 30, Paris. 



Acknowledging Franklin's kind note and appointing a day when 

 she will be happy to see him. L. in 3d P, i p, XLI, 12. 



