Letters to Benjamin Franklin 139 



From Baron de Breteuil. 1783. December 26. Versailles. 



Acknowledging Franklin's letter/ in which he asks that [J.] Schaffer 

 should be sent to the Islands; will do all he can, but gives certain reasons 

 why it may be legally impossible. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXX, 154. 



^ Draft of this letter in French (XXX, 154a), setting forth M. Schaffer's 

 respectable connections in America and Franklin's reasons for making this 

 request, [i p.]. 



From John Jay. 1783. December 26. Bath. 



His indisposition. Acknowledgment of Franklin's kindness. Report 

 of Franklin's illness. Declines writing about politics; opinions in 

 England for and against Franklin. A. L. S. 2 p. XXX, 155. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 47; Bigelow, VIII, 403). 



From Griffin Greene. 1783. December 26. Paris. 



Begging Franklin to send the enclosed letter for General [Nathanael] 

 Greene, by the first vessel for America. A. L. S. i p. XXX, 156. 



From [Joseph Matthias Gerard] de Rayneval. 

 1783. December 26. Versailles. 



Recommending the enclosed packet to Franklin's care. One of his 

 friends, M. Chateaufort, desires a letter of recommendation to Dr. 

 [Richard] Price; he expects to spend several months in England from 

 motives of curiosity. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXX, 157. 



From Samuel Vaughan, Jr. 1783. December 27. Clausthall. 



Acknowledging Franklin's kindness to him in Paris. Begs for some 

 details of M. [Jacques Alexandre Cesar] Charles's experiment in aerial 

 navigation ; his serious reasons for desiring this information. Descrip- 

 tion and drawing of the Weisner, an isolated mountain in the country 

 of Hessia. A. L. S. 7 p. XXX, 158. 



FroT7i Charvetie. 1783. December 28. 



Announcing his hurried departure for London; sends the enclosed 

 by a messenger and if Franklin has any commands for Mr. [John] 

 Sargent or any other person, begs they may be sent at once. L. in 3d P. 

 2 p. XXX, 159. 



