Letters to Benjamin Franklin 299 



From [Comte d']Estaing. [Circa 1786. February. Paris.] 



Confesses to jealousy of his intimate friend and companion in arms, 

 M. [de Mauduit] Duplessis, who carries this letter to America; his good 

 sense in preferring America to Paris with her whirlpool of pleasure ; 

 hopes the fact that M. Duplessis once saved his life will act as a recom- 

 mendation of that gentleman to Franklin's favor. All his friends at 

 Passy well, except Mme. Helvetius, who is always sad. L. S. 3 p. 

 (In French.) XXXIV, 24. 



From Benj[anii]n Rush. 1786. March 3. Philadelphia. 



Composed his address before he knew the [American Philosophical] 

 Society was to be honored with Franklin's presence; opinion of Mr. 

 [David] Rittenhouse that there will not be the least impropriety in 

 reading the conclusion of the oration in Franklin's presence. A. L. S. 

 2 p. XXXIV, 35. 



From Clia[rle]s Thomson. 1786. March 4. 



Congress has no objection to Dr. Franklin's accepting and retaining 

 the picture of the King of France, presented by himself at the time of 

 the signing of the Treaty. L. S. i p. LV, 104. 



From J. Ingen Housz. 1786. March 8. Vienna. 



Congratulating Franklin on his appointment as Governor of Penn- 

 sylvania. Anxieties incident to his business relations with Mr. [Samuel] 

 Wharton. Hopes he received the two volumes of his German work, 

 Vermischte Schriften; would send Franklin copies of other of his publi- 

 cations, from time to time, if he knew an inexpensive way of forwarding 

 them. A. L. S. i p. XXXIV, 36. 



From Countess Benyowsky. [1786.] March 8. Baltimore. 



Illness of herself and her children; death of her little daughter 

 born in Baltimore; daily expecting the return of their ship from the 

 Indies, when she will quit America. Enclosing a letter for Mme. Le 

 Roy in Paris. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XLI, 137. 



