Letters to Benjamin Franklin 8i 



FroTTi Dr. Charles Henri Titius. 1783. July 3. Dresden. 



Introducing M, [Ph.] Thieriot who desires some letters of recom- 

 mendation for America. Wishes to know if the sale of medicines of 

 unknown composition will be allowed in America. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) XXIX, 9. 



By . 1783. July 4. 



Song composed for the anniversary celebration of American Inde- 

 pendence and Peace held at Benjamin Franklin's house at Passy [with 

 corrections and additions by Abbe Morellet]. Verses. 8 p. (In 

 French.) LI, 78. 



From Comte de Vergennes to Benjamin Franklin and John Jay. 



1783. July 5. Versailles. 



The King is unable to grant their request for a sum of 1,900,000 

 livres as extraordinary relief, as he has not enough funds to pay the 

 enormous expenses of the last war and is obliged to have recourse to 

 loans. L. S. 2 p. (In French. Press copy.) LV, 50. 



From Abbes Chalut and Arnoux. 1783. July 5. Paris. 



Franklin made an associate of the Academic [des Sciences, Belle- 

 Lettres et des Arts] of Lyons. Their intention of calling on him very 

 soon. A. L. S. I p. (In French.) XXIX, 10. 



From Michel Macklot. 1783. July 6. Carlsruhe. 



Wishes to establish a library and printing-house at Philadelphia for 

 one of his sons. Gives a list of German books which he wishes to send 

 to Philadelphia. Asking permission to send him a copy of a military 

 work by Baron O'Cahill which he thinks will be useful to America. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXIX, ii. 



FroTJi Veuve Guillaume. 1783. July 7. Fay-les-Veneurs. 



Her frequent letters have never reached her son ; begs Franklin, when 

 he arrives in New York, to send the enclosed letter to her son, Paul 

 Guillaume, and recommend him to the French Consul there in order 

 that he may obtain a passage home; account of her son's services as 

 a soldier. A. L. S. 3 P- (In French.) XXIX, 13. 



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