492 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From The Secretary to Louis XVI. 1782. July. Paris. 



Announcing that the King will not see the Ambassadors and Foreign 

 Ministers on the following Tuesday. L. S. de Sequeville. I p. (In 

 French.) XXV, 146. 



From Watson & Cossoul. 1782. August i. Nantes. 



Requesting a commission for their ship " Argo " owned by Samuel 

 R. Irwitt & Co. of America. A. L. S. i p. XXV, 147. 



From Abbe [Poncelin] de La Roche-Tilhac. 1782. August 2. Paris. 



Begging for certain details needed to finish his work on the present 

 condition of America. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXV, 148. 



From Stockar zur Sonnenburg. 1782. Augusts. Schaffhausen. 



Very anxious to know Franklin's opinion of Abbe Raynal's History of 

 the Revolution in America, in order that he may translate the work 

 into German. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXV, 149. 



From Williams, Moore & Co. 1782. August 5. L'Orient. 



Their right to dispose of some powder, taken in a prize consigned 

 to them. A. L. S. 2 p. XXV, 150. 



From d'Artus. 1782. August 7. Belfort. 



Fears that his letter of the 17th ult. miscarried; encloses a copy (2 

 p.) with the memoir relative to M. Penet [XXV, 119, see p. 488]. 

 L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXV, 151. 



From J[onathan] Williams, Jr. 1782. August 7. Nantes. 



Announcing the birth of a daughter. Passage money to America 

 wholly the Captain's perquisite; thinks it could be got a little cheaper 

 than twenty-five guineas. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVIII, 116. 



From A. Bermbach. 1782. August 8. 



Begging him to send the enclosed letter to the Town Council of 

 Philadelphia so that it may be sure to reach Mr. Theodore Mieger. 

 L. in 3d P. I p. (In French.) XXV, 152. 



