I02 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Therese Aerts nee Speeckaert. 1783. August. Brussels, 



Mrs. Williams unable, so far, to trace the whereabouts of her husband 

 whose last letter, dated 1778, spoke of sailing for Boston; her miserable 

 situation, deprived of a support, if he is living, and of his effects, if he is 

 dead; encloses a memoir containing all the details [3 p.] ; begs Franklin's 

 assistance. A. L. S. 4 p. (In French.) XXIX, 116. 



From [Jean Jacques] Caffieri. 1783, September i. Paris. 



Congratulates him on his recovered health ; begs him not to forget 

 his offer, in case Congress desires to erect any monuments to the glory 

 of the Nation or to the Generals who contributed thereto. A. L. S. 

 2 p. (In French.) XXIX, 117. 



^y [J-] Thiriot. 1783. September i. 

 In praise of Franklin. A. Verses, i p. (In French.) LI, 14. 



From [Lewis] Littlepage. 1783. September i. 



Thanking him for his acquiescence in his request to be sent to Con- 

 gress with the definitive treaty; as Mr. Jay has declared himself de- 

 cidedly in favor of Mr. Adams's clerk, begs Franklin not to trouble 

 to propose him ; will inform the Marquis de la Fayette what deference 

 Franklin paid to his recommendation. L. in 3d P. i p. 



XXIX, 118. 



FroTH J. Ingen Housz. 1783. September i. Vienna. 



Desire of Count Chotek, Chancellor of Bohemia and Austria, to have 

 the enclosed list of American plants sent to a good botanist who will 

 at once forward the grains of seeds to Amsterdam. Urges Franklin to 

 finish his glorious career in philosophical tranquility. His hopes of see- 

 ing Franklin in Vienna. Contented with what he has acquired by 

 saving the most illustrious Princess of the world from a disease so 

 fatal to her family; he enjoys in philosophical obscurity more real happi- 

 ness than a conqueror of a world. A. L. S. 2 p. XXIX, 119. 



From Briant. 1783. September 2. La Chapelle. 



Concerning a relative who in three years has lost all his fortune 

 and most of his family; his purpose to start life again in a new country; 

 thought it possible that Franklin might lessen for them the great ex- 

 pense of a trip to America. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



XXIX, 120. 



