258 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Ricli[ar]d Frankland. 1785. May 17. Dublin. 



Introducing Mr. David Franks who goes to America on a visit to his 

 uncle Mr. Carrol McNamara, of Virginia; Franklin's countenance and 

 advice vrill be of the most essential service to him. Promises to show 

 every courtesy in his power to any of Franklin's friends passing through 

 Ireland. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXIII, 108. 



Frotn [Mme.] D'orbelin. 1785. May 18. Paris. 



Begs for an audience to prove the possibility of rendering mercury 

 a fusible metal. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XXXIII, 109. 



i^roOT [Charles Louis] L'Heritier [deBrutelle]. 1785. May 19. Paris. 



Sending two copies of his work on Botany, one for Congress, the 

 other for the [American] Philosophical Society at Philadelphia. A. L. 

 S. I p. (In French.) XXXIII, no. 



From James Freeman. 1785. May 20. Rotterdam. 



Introduced to Franklin by his wife's uncle. Dr. [John] Fothergill. 

 Recommends Dr. [Solomon] Drown who is travelling through England 

 and France with a view of learning anything new in physick; begs 

 Franklin to overlook the shabbiness of the Doctor's apparel and assist 

 him in any way possible. A. L. S. 3 p. XXXIII, in. 



From Brevost. 1785. May 23. Paris. 



Announcing a meeting of the Maison Philantropique. Printed N. 

 I p. (In French.) XXXIII, 113. 



From Dr. Tho[mas] Percival. 1785. May 23. Manchester. 



Franklin's election to their [Manchester Literary and] Philosophical 

 Society. His tract on the Perceptive Powers of Vegetables. Franklin's 

 flattering reception of his Moral and Literary Dissertations. Praise for 

 Bishop Watson's tracts on the Evidences of Natural and Revealed Re- 

 ligion. Prospect of Franklin's revisiting England. A. L. S. 3 p. 



XXXIII, 114. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 180; Bigelow, IX, 120). 



