i86 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



Fro?n Fisher. [1784.] April 25. Paris. 



About to set out for London; offers to carry letters or messages to 

 any of Franklin's friends. L. in 3d P. i p. XLI, 150. 



From [Pierre] Poissonnier. 1784. April 26. Paris. 



Writes on behalf of Messrs. Le Roy, Bailly and Lavoisier to ask if 

 Franklin will receive them for dinner on Wednesday, together with the 

 four Commissioners of the Royal Academy of Sciences ; the object of the 

 meeting is to discuss the plan to be followed in the inquiry into M. 

 [Charles] Deslon's methods. L. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) 



XXXI, 164. 



From Pierre Louis Stouppe. 1784. April 30. Ach. 



Wishes a position in America. A. L. S. 2 p. (In German.) 



LIX; 49. 



From J[ohn] Schaffer. [1784. April ?] Paris. 



Acknowledging his kindness and protection ; leaves Paris the next day. 

 L. in 3d P. I p. XLI, 207. 



From Mme. Brillon. [1784.] May 3. Passy. 



Wishes to have a private conversation with Franklin about some of 

 her personal affairs. A. L. i p. (In French.) XLIII, 23. 



Printed in Putnam's Monthly, Nov., 1906, p. 171. 



From James Barrett. 1784. May 4. Bordeaux. 



Has obtained a passage to America from one of the owners of a 

 ship belonging to Ireland ; informed by the Captain that on arrival he 

 has to give security to the Chief Magistrate that all the passengers on 

 board have an independence; appeals to Franklin for the truth of this. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. XXXI, 165. 



From Lefebvre d'Abancourt. 1784. May 5. Paris. 



Begging Franklin to hasten the return of three bills sent to his banker 

 in March. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XXXI, 166. 



