482 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [The Secretary to the King. 1782. Circa June i.] 



Postponing the King's reception of the Ambassadors and Foreign 

 Ministers to the 8th of June, 1782. N. S. de Sequeville. i p. (In 

 French.) LVIII, 125. 



From de la Bassee. 1782. June 4. Boulogne. 



His son desires to enter the American service; begs Franklin to pro- 

 cure him the position of officer in the army. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) XXV, 82. 



From Tench Coxe. 1782. June 4. Philadelphia. 



Loss of certain bills of exchange; begs Franklin to refuse them if 

 presented. A. L. S. 2 p. (In duplicate.) XXV, 83 and 84. 



From B[enjamin] V[aughan]. 1782. June 7. London. 



Recommends that the terms of peace should be marked by generous 

 language and humane measures; is sure that no liberality will meet 

 with a repulse. He may hear of Mr. [Henry] Laurens's strange behavior 

 from Mr. Oswald. Has given orders for shipping £6000 in goods to 

 America; increase of emigration there. A. L. S. 2 p. XXV, 85. 



From William Hodgson. 1782. June 7. London. 



Acknowledging receipt of £200; gratitude of the prisoners for the 

 kindness shown them. Departure of the three hundred prisoners from 

 Portsmouth; rumors of their being riotous and ungovernable unfounded. 

 There will be upwards of seven hundred prisoners in Plymouth in- 

 cluding those arrived from Kinsale. Convinced that certain persons 

 in power mean to walk fairly and uprightly. A. L. S. 3 p. 



XXV, 86. 



From James Moylan. 1782. June 8. L'Orient. 



Introducing his friend Mr. Henry Mitchell of Boston just arrived 

 on the ship " Alexander " from Virginia. A. L. S. I p. XXV, 87. 



From W. A. von Steuben. 1782. June 8. Ciistrin. 



Congratulates Dr. Franklin on his success in the American cause. En- 

 closes a letter to his son, the General, with the request to forward. Com- 

 plains that his son has not answered for a year his letters. Would 

 like to hear of him before he dies. L. S. 2 p. LIX, 43. 



