ii6 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From de Letre. 1783. October 15. Paris. 



Inviting Franklin to be present at a fete to be given by the Masonic 

 Lodge in honor of the wished-for peace, A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXX, 22. 



From Vigneron de la Jousselandiere. 



1783. October 15. Beauvoir. 



His health obliges him to seek a hot climate; has decided on Virginia; 

 the cost of a tract of land near a sea-port; nearly six hundred persons 

 have offered to follow him to the New World ; wishes to know by what 

 laws in America he may hold them to their fidelity ; they ask Franklin's 

 protection and that of Congress and a letter of recommendation; for 

 reference, mentions the Prince de Lambesc. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



XXX, 24. 



Frotn John Baynes.^ [1783. October 15. Paris.] 



Asks for a list of books and sends Mr. Mason's poem. A. L. S. 

 I p. XLII, 89. 



^ See Baynes's Journal in Works of Benjamin Franklin (Bigelow, VIII, 410). 



From J[ohn] Schaffer. [1783. October 15?] Paris. 



The bearer, a lawyer, will explain to Franklin all the circumstances 

 of his present detention. A. L. S. I p. XLI, 206. 



From Sam[ue]l Cooper. 1783. October 16. 



Impost of five per cent, agreed to by the Legislature of Massachusetts 

 for paying the interest on the National Debt ; opposition to this measure. 

 A. L S. 3 p. XXX, 25. 



From Dufourny de Villiers. 1783. October 16. Paris. 



His kindness in offering to grant an audience to the French engineer 

 who commanded at the siege of Yorktown; introducing the bearer, a 

 French merchant, who goes to Philadelphia on business with passports 

 and letters from Government; asks for all the support Franklin can give 

 him. A. L S. 3 p. (In French.) XXX, 26. 



