268 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From T. Brand Hollis. 1785. June 28. Bruton Street [London]. 



Requesting his acceptance of the Areopagitica, the tractate on Edu- 

 cation and some remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton; the spirit of the 

 Court shown by the abuse the new Poet-Laureate bestows on Milton's 

 prose writings. Despotism in England. A. L. S. i p. XXXIII, 152. 



From Edw[ar]d Bridgen. 1785. June 28. London. 



Concerned to hear of Franklin's indisposition. Much reduced in 

 health and spirits by the great loss he has sustained ; advised to travel ; 

 on hearing of Franklin's intended departure from Havre, determined 

 that his tour should be thither; begs for ten days' notice of Franklin's 

 arrival in Havre. A. L. S. i p. XXXIII, 153. 



i^roOT [Charles Joseph] Mathon de la Cour. 1785. June 30. Lyons. 



Franklin's election as a member of the Academie des Sciences, Belles- 

 lettres et des Arts of Lyons; sends a list of the Society's members and of 

 the prizes bestowed ; adds a dissertation on the laws of Lycurgus by the 

 Author of the Testament de Fortune Ricard. A. L. S. 3 p. (In 

 French.) 



[Enclosure from the Abbes de Chalut and Arnoux relating to 

 Franklin's answer to the above letter.] XXXIII, 154. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 197; Bigelow, IX, 138). 



From Lucas. 1785. June 30. Ponteau de mer. 



Since his brother's departure for America on March 14th, 1784, 

 no word has been received from him; begs Franklin to allay, if possible, 

 their extreme anxiety and give them any information in his power 

 concerning his brother's fate. A. L. S. 4 p. (In French.) 



XXXIII, 155. 



From Mme. Ligniville-Helvetius. [1785. Circa June.] 



Can scarcely realize that Franklin has left them forever. Sees him 

 in imagination in his litter being borne gradually away. Fears for his 

 health and the fatigue of the long journey. Asks him to turn back 

 and stay with her and her friends and share her retreat. The friend- 

 ship he would find there would make it pleasing to him. A. L. S. 2 p. 

 (In French.) XLIV, 274a. 



