324 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



No freedom in the Irish press; plan to establish a weekly magazine 

 where certain truths may be set forth. English bribes; Irish dishonor. 

 Splendid harvest; price of food-stuffs. News of Mr. [Silas] Deane 

 and Lord Charlemont. News of his family. Corruption in the English 

 army. Sketches his own character and principles; part his wife has 

 played in their griefs and losses; apologizes for his egotism. Descrip- 

 tion of an entertainment he is giving in honor of a Frenchman, M. De 

 Launay d'Artillieres. A. L. S. 10 p. XXXIV, 168. 



FrojH [Louis Guillaume] Le Veillard. 1786. November 19. Passy. 



Sent the books to Messrs. de la Rochefoucauld, de Malesherbes and de 

 Barbangon ; returns their acknowledgments to Franklin. Passy at pres- 

 ent a desert; no one left but M. [Le Ray] de Chaumont and himself. 

 Affectionate messages and pleadings for news. A. L. S. i p. (In 

 French.) XXXIV, 169. 



From John Morgan, Jr. 1786. November 20. Prospect. 



Begging Franklin's acceptance, on his father's part, of a small box of 

 honey in the comb. A. L. S. i p. XXXIV, 171. 



From Comte de Barbangon. 1786. November 24. Paris. 



Thanking him for the catalogue. M. le Due d'Orleans desires to 

 have two boxes of seeds sent him from America, to be planted in April, 

 1787; wishes a box on his own account; begs Franklin to recommend a 

 botanist who will carry out this commission in the most careful man- 

 ner possible. A. L. S. 4 p. (In French.) XXXIV, 172. 



From William Nixon. 1786. November 24. Savannah. 



Franklin's letter on his behalf to General [Anthony] Wayne has been 

 extremely successful ; has a school which brings him in near three 

 hundred pounds sterling a year; informed of a report circulated in 

 Charleston accusing him of forging the letter of recommendation to 

 Gen. Wayne; begs Franklin to write a line to Judge Burke, of Charles- 

 ton refuting this accusation. A. L. S. 5 p. XXXIV, 173. 



From Le Ray de Chaumont fils. 1786. November 27. Philadelphia. 



Will call on Franklin that day, in order to examine and correct the 

 error mentioned. A. L. S. i p. XXXIV, 173^. 



