174 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From . 1784. March 4. Paris. 



Sent a note and petition some months ago concerning M. Mont who 

 seeks to be appointed Consul for the United States at Dunkerque. 

 Has requested Mme. Cadet de Vaux to get his reply. L. in 3d P. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XLV, 178b. 



From Mme. Brillon. [1784?] March 4. Paris. 



Acknowledging his letter to the Editors of the Journal of Paris; 

 wishes he had added his " advice to those seeking to go to America." 

 Prevented from going to the country by M. Brillon 's gout; desires 

 Franklin, though a heretic, to pray for him. A. L. 2 p. (In French.) 



XLIII, 18. 



Printed in Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, XL, 105; also in Putnam's Monthly, Nov., 

 1906, 170. 



From Paul Strattman. 1784. March 5. Paris. 



Sends the catalogue of le Due de la Valliere's library; places his 

 services at Franklin's disposal. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXXI, 104. 



From Lorenzo Manini. 1784. March 8. Cremona. 



High esteem in which Franklin is held in Italy and especially in 

 Lombardy; takes the liberty of sending him two volumes of the celebrated 

 President [Comte de] Carli[-Rubbi]'s famous work, entitled Lettere 

 Afuericane. A. L. S. 2 p. (In Italian.) XXXI, 105. 



From Sain[uel] Vaughan. 1784. March 8. Philadelphia. 



Congratulates Franklin on his part in the glorious revolution; urges 

 him to turn his attention once more to philosophical pursuits. Ex- 

 patiates on the plan for uniting the Philadelphia and Loganian Libraries ; 

 begs Franklin to send Mr. [James] Logan his opinion on this subject. 

 Account of the application made to the Legislature by the [American] 

 Philosophical Society for a grant of land on the S. E. and S. W. corners 

 of the State-house yard for the erection of two buildings, one for the 

 Library and one for the Society; in case this petition fails, the Society 

 has purchased a large lot of Mr. Hopkinson near the Observatory. A. 

 L. S. 4 p. XXXI, 106. 



