158 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From E[dward] Nath[ani]el Bancroft. 1784. January 10. London. 



Enthusiastic praise of his father and Franklin. [P(ost) S(cript) in 

 French, signed E. N. B. & P. Bancroft.] New Year's wishes from their 

 mother; account of their father's movements in America and his in- 

 tended visit to France; news of their brother and sisters; the latter 

 recovered from small-pox with no disfigurement, owing to inoculation; 

 messages to Mrs. [John] Jay and to Mr. and Mrs. [Le Ray de] Chau- 

 mont. A. L. S. 3 p. XXXI, 15. 



From [Jean Charles Julien] Luce de Lancival. 1784. January 11. Paris. 



Sending Franklin a poem for whose faults he begs indulgence and 

 asking him to forward a copy of it to the immortal Washington. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXI, i6a. 



From J[olin] Schaffer. 1784. January 12. Paris. 



Thanking Franklin for the letter he wrote to M. Breteuil ; in spite 

 of Franklin's wish not to meddle further in his affairs, begs a line to 

 M. Rosambo, President of the Tournelle and M. de Gars de Courcelles ; 

 also requests that M. Beaumont may be granted an interview to speak 

 on his behalf. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXI, 17. 



From Defay. 1784. January 12. Orleans. 



Begging Franklin to accept a copy of his work on Natural History 

 and to forward another to the illustrious [American Philosophical] 

 Society of Philadelphia, of which he is President; would consider it 

 a great honor to become a member of this Society. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 French.) XXXI, 18. 



From Charles Benjamin. 1784. January 12. Mezieres. 



Hopes the similarity in their names will induce Franklin to take an 

 interest in him, and procure him a position in some Academy of Design, 

 or at least the place of draughtsman at the Royal Ecole de Genicj at 

 Mezieres. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XXXI, 19. 



From Menier De Saint Yver. 1784. January 12. Paris, 



Begging Franklin to write to M. de Rosambo, and M. de Gars de 

 Courcelles in favor of himself and [J.] Schaffer; their fate is entirely 

 in Franklin's hands. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXI, 20. 



