202 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From W[illia]m Carmichael. 1784. July 9. Madrid. 



Fulfilled his promise to return to Spain before the Royal family left 

 Aranjuez. Franklin chosen a member of the Royal Academy of History; 

 will send diploma and the letter of the Count de Campomanes by the 

 next post. Translation into Spanish of the little works Franklin gave 

 him. A. L. S. 3 P- XXXII, 51. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 104). 



FroTn Mason Weems and Edward Gant. 1784. July 9. London. 



Natives of America and students of divinity, who, having no form 

 of Episcopal ordination at home, came to England a year before for 

 orders; refusal of the Archbishop [of Canterbury] to ordain them 

 unless they took the oath of allegiance; deplorable state of affairs; in 

 Maryland, out of sixty churches, thirty are vacant; wish to know if 

 they can take orders in France. A. L. S. 2 p. (In duplicate.) 



XXXII, 52. 



From J[ean Pierre] Carayon. 1784. July 9. Nimes. 



A detailed account of various fraudulent transactions; a cargo of 

 merchandise sent to America under the supervision of his associates, 

 Messrs. Bland & Ducastel ; the sale or exchange of their cargo at New- 

 bern, North Carolina; the sudden and suspicious death of both men; 

 the news of the catastrophe and an offer of services sent him by Messrs. 

 Vanschellebeck & Mailhot, French merchants established at New- 

 bern; from this date, 1781, gives an account of the fraudulent actions 

 of that firm aided by one Chaponel, who pretended to be Consul ; in 

 spite of reiterated promises not a dollar of their investment has returned 

 to him; all has been taken; appeals to Franklin to see justice done him. 

 A. L. S. II p. (In French.) XXXII, 53- 



Froin William Doyle. 1784. July 10. Flushing near Falmouth. 



Known to Generals Washington, Gates and Mifflin and to Mr. John 

 Adams. His well-known wishes for the prosperity of the British Colo- 

 nies beyond the Atlantic; is not, however, a Republican; dislikes and 

 disapproves of the present constitution of the Thirteen Colonies ; unfolds 

 his plan of dividing up North America into provinces regardless of 

 the present State boundaries; goes on to suggest changes in the entire 

 map of Europe. A. L. S. 3 p. XXXII, 54. 



