Letters to Benjamin Franklin 229 



Frojn Pierre Dessin. 1784. November 30. Calais. 



The large box left at the Customs-house has been forwarded to 

 Paris. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXII, 186. 



From de Lalande. 1784. December i. College Royal. 



Acknowledging the pamphlet of M. Toreia with Franklin's in- 

 structive additions. A. L. S. I p. (In French.) XXXII, 187. 



Fro7n Le Banneret d'Ostervald. 1784. December i. Neufchatel. 



Fears he has not been sent their later volumes of Descriptions des 

 Arts et Metiers; the twentieth now in press; famous sovereigns to whom 

 the various volumes have been dedicated ; asks leave to dedicate the 

 twentieth to the respectable body governing the United States. A. L. S. 

 3 P. (In French.) XXXII, 1 88. 



From Comte de Saint Leger. 1784. December i. Marseilles. 



Served under the Comte d'Estaing; offers his services as American 

 Agent at Marseilles; asks for the order of Cincinnatus. A. L. S. 4 p. 

 (In French.) XXXII, 188^. 



From Mme. Brillon. 1784. December 2. 



Praise of friendship. Account of her small grandchild. A. L. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XLIII, 7. 



From [Sextius Alexandre Frangois] Miollis. 

 1784. December 2. D'uses. 



Fought three campaigns in America in the army of the Comte de 

 Rochambeau; at the siege of Yorktown, had most of his jaw shot 

 away by the explosion of a bomb and lost his sight and hearing almost 

 entirely; for three years has endured the most intense suffering; only 

 twenty-one when he was wounded; begs for the Order of Cincinnatus. 

 L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XXXII, 190. 



From And [re] w Limozin. 1784. December 3. Havre-de-Grace. 



Enclosing a letter arrived that day from America. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXII, 191. 



