196 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [Jean Sylvain] Bailly. 1784. June 17. Chaillot. 



The Commissioners [to investigate mesmerism] will wait upon him 

 Saturday, before noon; they are Messrs. Majault, Sallin, Guillotin, 

 D'Arcet, physicians; Messrs. Le Roy, de Bory, and Bailly, academicians; 

 they will bring also M. [Charles] Deslon, and the young man who has 

 already been the subject of an experiment, as well as Mesdames de Bory, 

 de Romagni and de Moret. L. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) 



XXXII, 19. 



From Edw[ar]d Bridgen. 1784. June 18. London. 



Concerning the last five volumes of the Royal Society's Transactions, 

 which he hopes by this time have arrived safely. Good wishes from 

 himself and wife. A. L. S. i p. XXXII, 20. 



From Roubaud. 1784. June 18. Aix. 



Pained by the want of accuracy displayed by the public papers; the 

 United States of America is constantly referred to as the Thirteen 

 United States in spite of the fact that Vermont was the fourteenth state 

 to be admitted to the Union ; appeals to Franklin to set the matter 

 right. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXII,2i. 



From Th[oinas] Jefferson. 1784. June 19. Boston. 



Expected Congress to communicate to Franklin directly the powers 

 committed to him, [John] Adams and himself. Expects to sail for 

 France in July. His desire to meet with [John] Jay before his de- 

 parture for America. News of Mrs. [Richard] Bache and her family. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. XXXII, 22. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 102; Bigelow, VIII, 505). 



From du Petit- vendin. 1784. June 19. Arras. 



Begs for information of his son, Louis de Maresquelle, Colonel of 

 Artillery and Inspector-General of the foundries at Boston; no word 

 received from him since 1781. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXXII, 23. 



Frojn Le Roux. 1784. June 19. Paris. 



M. Court de Gebelin, who has just died, honored him with his 

 friendship. Introduces a Swiss, a man of letters, who expected to 

 get a position in Paris through the kindness of M. de Gebelin, but his 

 death has left him without resources; begs Franklin's aid. A. L. S. 

 2 p. (In French.) XXXII, 24. 



