214 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From ■W[illiani] T[einple] Franklin. 1784. September 7. London. 



Has gotten the better of the fever and ague, but is still very weak; 

 owes his recovery to Dr. [John] Jeffries, his landlady, his father and 

 Peruvian bark; desires a longer conge, in order to accompany his father 

 to the seashore for ten or twelve days ; all of the nobility and gentry out 

 of town ; the habit of the English to try sea-bathing once a year, as they 

 are all more or less troubled with scurvy. Visits he expects to pay; 

 drank tea with the Paradise family ; their gratitude to Dr. Franklin. A. 

 L. S. 6 p. XXXII, 106. 



Froj7i Jacq[ue]s Chapel. 1784. September 7. Valenciennes. 



Expects shortly to go to London on business; begs Franklin to 

 give him a letter to the American Minister there with a request to 

 point out the most reliable commercial houses. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 French.) 



A. E. by Dr. Franklin. As yet there is no American Minister 

 in London ; has been too long absent himself to give the desired infor- 

 mation. XXXII, 107. 



From [Jean Sylvain] Bailly. 1784. September 8. Chaillot. 



Sends the original document for perusal prior to his signing it the fol- 

 lowing day together with all the other Commissioners [to investigate 

 animal magnetism] ; although there is nothing secret in the work of the 

 Committee, begs Franklin not to let it be seen, owing to certain articles, 

 concerning which the Committee has not judged it proper to explain 

 themselves; desires this letter burnt. L. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) 



XXXII, 108. 



From [Nicolas Louis Guillaume] Lacoudrais. 

 1784. September 8. Honfieur. 



Introducing himself as a merchant as well as Swedish Consul at 

 Honfieur; no one at this port to look after the commercial interests 

 of the United States; applies for the position of American Consul there. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXII, 109. 



From L. Benincasa. 1784. September 10. Ancona. 



Wrote to the Marquis de Castries, in his quality of Consul-General 

 of France at Ancona, asking his advice as to the treatment of Amer- 

 ican vessels; the reply was to treat them as friends and allies of 



