Letters to Benjamin Franklin 283 



From Catherine Croker, now Mead/ 

 1785. October 27. Sunbury, Shamokin. 



Pleasure with which she heard of his arrival; all her father's rela- 

 tives dead but Dr. Franklin; begs him to write to her. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXIII, 229. 



^ [Niece of Benjamin Franklin.] 



From [Jean Baptiste] Le Roy. 1785. October 28. Passy. 



Informed of Franklin's arrival in America; his enthusiastic reception 

 and his improved state of health ; all Paris rejoiced at the news. Prophe- 

 sies that his presence will infuse new life into the [American] Philo- 

 sophical Society of Philadelphia. Death of his eldest brother. Ex- 

 periments with balloons. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) 



XXXIII, 229^. 



From Granville Sharp. 1785. October 29. Old Jewry, London. 



His views concerning the election of bishops; his objections to the 

 non-giving bishops of Scotland; his reasons for wishing that the first 

 American bishops should receive their consecration from English bishops. 

 Acknowledging the information concerning the abbreviated liturgy; 

 reasons why the Psalms cannot be curtailed. A. L. S. 4 p. (In 

 duplicate.) XXXIII, 230. 



Printed, for the most part, in Mass. Hist. Soc. Collections, III, 162. 



From Longchamps. 1 785. October 30. Prison of Philadelphia. 



Congratulations on his election [as President of the Supreme Ex- 

 ecutive Council of Pennsylvania]. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXXIII, 231. 



From [Louis Guillaume] Le Veillard. 1785. October 30. Passy. 



Keen pleasure felt by Franklin's friends at the reception accorded him 

 in Philadelphia; compares his entr>' to the ancient triumphs at Rome, 

 to the latter's disadvantage. Reminds him of his promise to write the 

 memoirs of his life; insists on the importance of such a work. Tre- 

 mendous jealousy and dissension caused by Franklin's writing to one 

 fair friend and ignoring the other; humorous account of the affair. 

 Occupations of the Court at Fontainebleau. Postponement of the Car- 

 dinal de Rohan's trial. A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XXXIII, 232. 



