328 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From B[enjamin] Duffield. [Circa 1786. Philadelphia.] 



Sends a description of the White Walnut. A. L. S. i p. 



XLII, 41. 



Fro?7i Major Ellinkhuysen. [Circa 1786.] 



Begging Franklin to write a few lines to his father in Rotterdam, 

 stating that the lands lately purchased by the Major on the West Branch 

 of the Susquehannah, are in an improved and valuable part of the 

 State. L. in 3d P. I p. XLI, 155. 



From Margaret Farrell. [Circa 1786.] 

 Begging for a loan. A. L. S. i p. XLI, 198. 



By [Aime Ambroise Joseph Feutry. 1786?] 



Fable, in imitation of the English of Dr. Percival, on the experiment 

 of pouring oil to calm the waters during a storm. " Envoi " to Frank- 

 lin as a tribute of gratitude for his election to membership in the 

 [American] Philosophical Society at Philadelphia. Poem. 2 p. (In 

 French.) LI, 37. 



From Mr. Hamilton. [Circa 1786.] Saturday. 



Will wait on the President next Monday. L. in 3d P. i p. 



XLIII, 191. 



From [Mme.] Ligniville Helvetius [Comtesse de Ligniville 

 d'Autricourt. 1 786 ?] 



Speaks with delight of past days spent with Franklin; pleasure 

 his letters give her. Her true friends always with her; absolutely neces- 

 sary one to the other. Sends a redingote for Mrs. [Richard] Bache, 

 which may serve as a model; messages to Benjamin [Franklin Bache]. 

 Afraid he will be unable to decipher her scrawl. A. L. S, 3 p. (In 

 French.) XL, 189. 



From James Hill. [1786?] London. 



Sending him the locket about which he wrote before; explains 

 its construction and allegorical meaning. A. L. S. 3 p. 



XL, 5 and 161. 



