Letters to Benjamin Franklin 187 



From [Jean Sylvain] Bailly. 1784. May 6. [Paris?] 



Difficulties in the way of Franklin's having all the Commissioners 

 for dinner on Saturday; their desire to wait upon him Saturday after- 

 noon, at which time a date might be arranged for the dinner. L. in 

 3d P. I p. (In French.) XXXI, 167. 



From [Jean Sylvain] Bailly. [1784.] May 6. [Paris?] 



Naming a day when the Commissioners appointed to inquire into 

 "Animal Magnetism," may see and confer with Franklin. L. in 3d 

 P. I p. (In French.) XLI, 117. 



From de Simon. 1784. May 6. Paris. 



Sends him a box and a packet which arrived in a case received from 

 Mr. Benjamin Vaughan. L. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) 



XXXI, 168. 



From The Continental Congress to The Ministers Plenipotentiary 

 of the United States. 1784. May 7, May 11, June 3. 



Instructions for negotiating treaties of amity and commerce. D. S. 

 13 p. (Press copy.) LVI(ii), 8. 



Printed in the Secret Journals of Congress, III, 484-489, 493-497, 510-511. 



From Mme. Brillon. [1784.] May 8. Passy. 



Telling of the trouble and sorrow caused by the actions of Mile. J. 

 whom she had befriended and taken into her home and who supplanted 

 her in her husband's affection by intrigue and deceit. A. L. 3 p. 

 (In French.) XLIII, 24. 



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



From [Dr.] Tho[nias] Percival. 1784. May 11. Manchester. 



Requesting Franklin's acceptance of his book " Moral and Literary 

 Dissertations," just published. Changes in England since Franklin left; 

 death of Sir John Pringle ; establishment of a very useful Literary and 

 Philosophical Society in Manchester. Letter received from Mr. 

 Vaughan, containing some curious observations on cold made by Pro- 

 fessor Patrick Wilson at Glasgow. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXI, 169. 



