428 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Mme. Brillon. [^Circa 1781.] Thursday. Passy. 

 Promises to dine with Franklin, Thanks him and his son for their 

 kind attention when she was ill. A. L. i p. (In French.) XLIII, 55. 



From Mme. Brillon. {Circa 1781.] Monday. La Thuillerie. 

 Invites Franklin to spend a few days with her and her mother at 

 their country place. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XLIII, 50. 



From Mme. Brillon. [Circa 1781.] La Thuillerie. 

 Believes in being punctual and faithful with friends even in small 

 matters. Is leading a quiet, uniform life in the country. A. L. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XLIII, 37- 



From Mme. Brillon. [Circa 17S1.] nth. La Thuillerie. 

 Last letter she will write to Franklin from this place. Returns to 

 Passy next Monday. Is often dissatisfied with her own letters; do not 

 fully express her sentiments. Will continue, however, to write them 

 to Franklin who should soon have a volume of them. A. L. S. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XLIII, 41. 



From Mme. Brillon. [Circa 1781.] 13th. La Thuillerie. 



Will return to Passy on the 21st. Hopes to see Franklin every Wed- 

 nesday and Saturday evening at tea with her usual guests, Le Veillard, 

 Abbe de la Roche and Abbe Morellet, Mme. Grand and her niece, M. 

 Grand and M. Pagin. A. L. 2 p. (In French.) XLIII, 33. 



Printed in Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., XL, 105 and in Putnam's Monthly, Oct., 

 1906, 38. 



From Mme. Brillon. [Circa 1781.] 

 Has been very ill with a nervous trouble. Did not receive visitors, 

 but sorry they did not make an exception in his case. Asks him to call 

 to see her as soon as possible. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) LXX, 31b. 



From Mme. Brillon. [1781. June?] 13. La Thuillerie, 

 Complains of Franklin's forgetfulness of her. Has learned that he 

 was at the opera on the day the building was burned down. How un- 

 certain is life and by what a slender thread it hangs. Without the 

 sweets of friendship, life would not be worth living. A. L. i p. (In 

 French.) XLIII, 39- 



Printed in Putnam's Monthly, Nov., 1906, 170. 



