190 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Baronne De Drummond. 1784. May 20. Paris. 



Begs Franklin to befriend her as a woman of rank and as one of his 

 unfortunate compatriots. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XXXI, 182. 



From Matthew Young. 1784. May 23. Trinity College, Dublin. 



Has sent Franklin his treatise, lately published, on Sir Isaac Newton's 

 theory of the pulses of air. At one time he entertained, with several 

 others, the plan of establishing a college in America, which was aban- 

 doned upon the outbreak of the war ; still desires to be useful to America 

 in some capacity; is a fellow of the University of Dublin with a salary 

 of £600 a year; begs for Franklin's advice and urges the need of 

 secrecy. A. L. S. 4 p. XXXI, 183. 



From Jerome Regnier. 1784. May 23. Tourcelles near Vouziers. 



Begging Franklin to forward the enclosed letter to his son, Pierre 

 Regnier, Colonel's equerry in the American army and also the first 

 Frenchman who took arms for the defense of those " islanders." A. 

 L. S. I p. (In French.) XXXI, 184. 



From Fra[nci]s Hopkinson. 1784. May 24. Philadelphia. 



The new French Encyclopedic. Attempt he has made to raise the 

 [American] Philosophical Society from a state of lethargy; aided in this 

 by [David] Rittenhouse and Mr. Vaughan. Reforms needed in the 

 education of youth. Encloses a little publication of his in reference to 

 the cleaning of the streets. Experiments with balloons. A. L. S. 4 p. 



XXXI, 185. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 90). 



i^rom Marie Therese de Lamothe Cadillac. 1784. May 24. London. 



Concerning a large estate in America granted to her grandfather by 

 Louis XIV ; on being recalled to France he was forced to abandon these 

 estates; her father died without seeing America; her own marriage to 

 the noble Barthelemy de Gregoire and her present residence in London 

 where she hoped to be put in possession of these estates; has just ascer- 

 tained that by the latest treaty, her lands are included in the domains 

 of Boston; their wish to avoid the expense of a trip to America; begs 

 Franklin to put her in a position to obtain her rights. Dr. of L. in 3d 

 P. 4 p. (In French.) XXXI, 186. 



