Letters to Benjamin Franklin 3 



From Damboix. 1783. January 7, Mar D'Azil. 



One of five or six young men who desire to go to Boston and es- 

 tablish themselves in business; their families are poor and unable to 

 furnish them with means to carry out their plan ; desires to know if 

 Congress offers any encouragement to would-be citizens. A. L. S. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XXVII, lo. 



From de Royer. 1783. January 7. Lyons. 



Read with delight the first laws drawn up by Franklin for Pennsyl- 

 vania; sends him the first two volumes of his " Dictionnaire de Juris- 

 prudence et des Arrets " ; refers him to certain articles which he thinks 

 may prove specially interesting. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



XXVII, II. 



From Marquis de Grammont. 1783. January 7. Paris. 



Desiring Franklin to name a time when he may have the pleasure 

 of an interview. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XXVII, 12. 



From James and Cha[rle]s Hill. 1783. January 7, Bordeaux. 



Reminding him of his promise to give them a letter of recommenda- 

 tion to some of his friends in Philadelphia or Boston provided he re- 

 ceived a letter from Dr. Thomas Percival, certifying to their identity; 

 enclosing Dr. Percival's letter [i p.] as well as one from their brother 

 Joseph Hill, of Manchester [i p.] ; have taken their passage on the 

 American ship " Minerva." A. L. S. 2 p. XXVII, 13. 



From William Hodgson. 1783. January 8. London. 



Positive orders from the Admiralty for all American prisoners to be 

 sent to Morlaix, where they wish the English prisoners to be awaiting 

 them; hopes something will occur to clear Congress of having refused 

 to comply with the agreement made in England for the exchange of 

 prisoners. Secretary of State desirous of procuring the exchange of 

 Lieut.-Col. Tarleton, Simcoe and Capt. MacLean, for whom they will 

 release any officers in New York. Desires the earliest intelligence of the 

 ultimatum. A. L. S. 2 p. XXVII, 14. 



