414 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [Jacques Christoph] Valmont de Bomare. 



1 781. November 30. Paris. 



Gives his opening lecture the following day at eleven ; invites Franklin 

 to be present. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XXIII, 84. 



From John Bondfield. 1781. November 30. Bordeaux. 



Has contracted for a small brig the " Yorktown " to be sent off 

 with all despatch to Philadelphia; desires a passport for her. A. L. 

 S. 2 p. XXIII, 85. 



From Le Begue de Presle. 1781. November 30. Paris. 



Congratulating Franklin on the successes of the United States. Will 

 forward Dr. Priestley's new volume to the Due de la Rochefoucauld. 

 A. L. S. I p. (In French.) XXIII, 86. 



From W[illiam] T[emple] Franklin. 

 [1781. November.] Thursday. Chateau de Chaumont. 



His delay in returning to Paris due to the impossibility of procuring 

 a place in any of the public conveyances for Paris; may be obliged to 

 go to the expense of a cabriolet. A. L. S. 3 p. XL, 135. 



From [Jean Baptiste] Le Roy. [1781. November ?] Paris. 



Anxious to wait upon him with Mme. Le Roy to congratulate him 

 on the happy event at York. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XLII, 160. 



jpr w Nath[anie]l Nazro. 1781. November. Mill Prison, Plymouth. 



Account of his services in the American army, his entering into her 

 navy and his capture by the English ; the uncommon distress experienced 

 by prisoners in England ; begs Franklin to procure his exchange. A. 

 L. S. 4 p. XXIII, 87. 



From Chevalier Dubuysson. 1781. December i. Paris. 



Sends the memoir which Franklin promised to remit to the Marquis 

 de Segur; M. le Due D'ayen and le Prince de Poix join with him in 

 begging Franklin's acquiescence to his demands. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 French.) XXIII, 88. 



