Letters to Benjamin Franklin 163 



From Lagarde. 1784. January 24. Paris. 



Account of his medical training and experience; offers his services 

 to America. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XXXI, 45. 



From Longchamps. 1784. January 26. 



Concerning a manuscript presented to his son as part-payment for 

 instructing the child of the author; owing to his financial losses, he is 

 anxious to dispose of the ms. ; high opinion of its excellence expressed 

 by several book-sellers; offers to sell it to Franklin; thinks it might 

 prove useful to instruct the young Anglo-American nobility. A. L. S. 

 3 p. (In French.) XXXI, 46. 



From [John] Paul Jones. 1784. January 26. Paris. 



Transmitting Franklin a piece written in America against the Cin- 

 cinnati, and a newspaper containing the institutions of that Society; 

 when Franklin writes on this subject to M. [Conrad Alexandre] 

 Gerard [de Rayneval], begs him to present his respectful compliments. 

 A. L. S. I p. XXXI, 47. 



From Hedoin de Pous-Ludon. 1784. January 26. Epernay. 



Begging Franklin to use his influence to obtain for him the position 

 of Agent for Wines, now at the disposal of Marechal de Saincy; asks 

 this favor on the strength of their being brother Masons. A. L. S. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XXXI, 48. 



From Mallet de la Brossiere. 1784. January 27. St. Malo. 



Account of his thirteen years of service as a surgeon in the French 

 army; has nothing to show for it except his impaired health; offers his 

 services to America; desires to be put in charge of a military hospital 

 there. A. L. S. 3 P- (In French.) XXXI, 49. 



From J [ohn] C[oakley] Lettsom. 1784. January 28. London. 



Introducing to Franklin his friend, [Robert John] Thornton, a 

 student of medicine, who expects to study French and surgery in Paris. 

 His purpose to make an elegant edition of Dr. [John] Fothergill's life, 

 in which will appear anecdotes and portraits of Franklin and others of 

 Dr. Fothergill's friends. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXI, 50. 



