178 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



de Chaumont; begs him to contradict this opinion, which is the greatest 

 obstacle to a final settlement of the business. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXXI, 120. 



i^roOT Baron de Berenger de Beaufain. 1784. March 23. Erlangen. 



Account of certain lands situated on the Savannah river left him by 

 his uncle; begs Franklin to intercede w^ith Congress to obtain his rights 

 to these lands as well as to a plantation owned by one Patrick Mackay, 

 a debtor to his uncle's estate. Sends him a copy of the inscription on the 

 monument erected by the people of Carolina to the memory of his uncle, ' 

 Hector Berenger de Beaufain. Account of his family and his present 

 straitened circumstances owing to his never having received his uncle's 

 legacy. A. L. S. 5 P- (In French.) XXXI, 121. 



From A[melia] Barry. 1784. March 24. Pisa. 



Introducing the bearer, Mr. Partridge, one of the principal merchants 

 of Leghorn. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXI, 122. 



From Moufle de Gossec. 1784. March 24. Paris. 



His fortune invested in the island of Guadeloupe; expects to trans- 

 port a part or a whole to the United States; before making a choice 

 of his permanent home there, intends to travel through all the provinces ; 

 begs for letters of recommendation. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXXI, 123. 



From Jno. Witherspoon. 1784. March 27. London. 



Contrary to his judgment and inclination, the Trustees of the 

 College of New Jersey have commissioned General [Joseph] Reed and 

 himself to solicit benefactions for the College in England and France; 

 little or no prospect of success in England ; in case he goes to Paris 

 desires Franklin's advice whether it would be at all proper to make such 

 applications there. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXI, 124. 



Froin de Gourdon. 1784. March 27. 



Returning with thanks the ten volumes lent him by Franklin; if 

 he has any supplement to this history, very much desires to borrow it. 

 L. in 3d P. I p. (In French.) XXXI, 125. 



