Letters to Benjamin Franklin 331 



From . [Circa 1 786.] 



Proposal to erect a Provincial Bank by Act of Assembly, The 

 management to be in the hands of the gentlemen now Trustees of the 

 Loan Office. L. 2 p. (Fragment.) LVIII, 123. 



from Comte de Buffon. 1787. January i. Paris. 



Acknowledging Franklin's letter with the detailed account of the 

 regime he observed in order to rid himself of the stone; would follow 

 his example, if he had not discovered that his sufferings were due to 

 another cause. Good wishes for his future health and happiness. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXV, i. 



Fro7?i J. Ingen Housz. 1787. January i. Vienna. 



Acknowledging the second volume of the American [Philosophical 

 Society's] Transactions with the honorable and complimentary letter pub- 

 lished therein. Sending three copies of his book on Vegetables. Business 

 dealings with Mr. [Samuel] Wharton and Mr. [Francis] Coffyn ; 

 reasons for thinking them both, rogues and scoundrels ; cannot under- 

 stand their holding public office; thinks they can both be scared into 

 making restitution. Question of two Loan Certificates which he wishes 

 realized immediately, and the money sent to him ; has written several 

 times on this subject to Mr. John Williams, of Boston, with no result. 

 His interest in seeing American newspapers. A. L. S. 4 p. 



XXXV, 2. 



From Beii[jami]n Vaughan. 1787. January 3. London. 



Has received from Mr. [John Hyacinth de] Magellan £210 on 

 account of the [American] Philosophical Society at Philadelphia [the 

 principal sum of the Society's Magellanic Fund] ; ready to have Frank- 

 lin's bills to that amount. A. L. S. i p. XXXV, 3. 



From Jonathan Rumford. 1787. January 6. Wilmington. 



Recalls himself to Franklin's remembrance; his father, the farmer, 

 is dead ; encloses a paper which he desires to have published if Frank- 

 lin thinks it will be of use to the people. A. L. S. I p. XXXV, 4. 



