54 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



dress sent him by the church-wardens and vestrymen of Christ's 

 Church and St. Peter's in Philadelphia [2 p.] ; believes his friends 

 will solicit the Government in favor of his return; has written [John] 

 Dickinson, Robert Morris and Gen. Washington; thinks a word of 

 recommendation from Franklin would carry great weight. His son, 

 aged twenty, is a pupil of Benjamin West and bids fair to become a 

 fine painter; other details about his family. Encloses copy of an ex- 

 tract of a letter he wrote to Francis Hopkinson [8 p.], defending his 

 motives for leaving England and expressing a desire to return to Amer- 

 ica, in spite of his present comfortable position. A. L. S. 6 p. 



XXVIII, 54. 



From Chevalier Charles de Lameth. 1783. April 22. Paris. 



Acknowledging the precious pledge of esteem with which America 

 has honored him; in case of another war, hopes to find more oppor- 

 tunities of deserving so valued a reward. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXVIII, 55. 



From Greissot [?]. 1783. April 22. Villeneuve. 



Enclosing a memoir of Jaques Blanches [2 p.] asking for his share 

 of the prize-money during his cruise on the " South Carolina." L. S. 

 I p. (In French.) XXVIII, 56. 



From Jean Hadenbrock. 1783. April 22. Bordeaux. 



Thanking him for his two letters of recommendation; intends sailing 

 shortly in the "Grand d'Estaing." A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXVIII, 57. 



From Isabella Strange. 1783. April 23. London. 



Thanks him for his care of her correspondence; begs that the en- 

 closed may be forwarded ; it contains the copy of a will by which 

 her cousin Mrs. [James] Hunter [of Richmond, Va.], inherits some 

 money by the death of her grandfather the Rev. Dr. Russell. A. L. S. 

 I p. XXVIII, 58. 



From Chevalier de Cachard. 1783. April 23. Marseilles. 



Begs him to answer a letter from a poor merchant of Marseilles, 

 whose possession of a considerable sum in American paper money has 

 contributed to his ruin. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXVIII, 59. 



