230 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From J[onathaii] Williams, Jr. 1784. December 3. St. Germain. 



Description and drawings of a travelling carriage which he thinks 

 might suit Dr. Franklin. A. L. S. 4 p. XXXVIII, 150. 



From Christine Marguerite Haberlin (nee Luther). 

 1784. December 4. Frankfort-on-the-Main. 



Reminding Franklin of his correspondence with her father, Henry 

 Ehrenfeld Luther in 1765 and 1766, and of his visit to him; has no 

 hesitation in saying that the numerous persons sent by her father to 

 America laid the foundation of the happiness of those free states; many 

 promises but little acknowledgments made for these services; a tract 

 of land finally granted her father in Massachusetts; his subsequent 

 death; their efforts to sell the land interrupted by the war; now that 

 peace is declared, begs Franklin for her sake and that of her brothers 

 and sisters to aid them in obtaining their rights. A. L. S, 6 p. (In 

 French.) XXXII, 192. 



From Dessous. 1784. December 4. Paris. 



Desires to communicate certain commercial speculations involving 

 large interests. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XXXII, 193. 



From [Baron] De Feriet. 1784. December 5. Versailles. 



Understood from Franklin that when his son returned he would look 

 at the different apartments at Versailles; begs Franklin to regard him 

 as his agent. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXII, 194. 



From [Jacques] Besse. 1784. December 5. Kehl. 



Report of Franklin's approaching departure for America and of his 

 desire for a printer; would be glad to accompany him in that capacity. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XXXII, 195. 



From [Jean Sylvain] Bailly. 1784. December 7. Paris. 



Sending him the record, to which has been affixed the final signature 

 of all the Commissioners except Franklin.^ In the name of the Faculty 

 of Medicine M. Majault sends him three copies of their decree relative 

 to the report, as well as a work of his own. L. in 3d P. i p. (In 

 French.) XXXII, 196. 



^ Expose des Experiences qui ont ete faites pour I'Examen du Magnetisme 

 Animal. 



