346 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



Mr. Paine's desire to see a balloon ascension; M. [Frangois] Blanchard 

 the only exponent of that art at present. M. [Jean Baptiste Marie] 

 Meusnier's book not yet printed. A. L. 4 p. (In French.) 



XXXV, 82. 



From Thomas Paine. 1787. June 22. Paris. 



Account of his trip from Havre-de-Grace to Paris; his cordial re- 

 ception by Franklin's friends; kindness of M. Le Roy. Exhibition of 

 fire-works at [Comte] de BufEon's. His model of a bridge not yet 

 arrived; introduced to M. Terenet, the bridge architect. A. L. S. 

 4 p. XXXV, 83. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 310; Bigelow, IX, 393). 



From W[illia]m Carmichael. 1787. June 22. Madrid. 



Acknowledging his election as a member of the [American] Philor 

 sophical Society; enclosing letters of acknowledgment from the Count de 

 Campomanes and Don [Joseph] Miguel [de] Flores; forwarded the 

 books mentioned in those letters. A. L. S. i p. XXXV, 84. 



From "La Femme de Poche" [Mme. Le Roy nee Baronne de 



Mersey]. 1787. June 23. Paris. 



Account of the cruel treatment accorded her by her husband, and 

 of her unchanging devotion to him ; left him six months before ; miserably 

 unhappy. Disavows any courage in making the ascent in a balloon; 

 wishes it might have carried her to Franklin for whom she has the 

 greatest love and admiration. Her friendship with Mme. Helvetius. 

 A. L. 3 p. (In French.) XXXV, 85. 



Printed in Putnam's Monthly, Jan., 1907, 432. 



From Benj[atni]n January. 1787. June 26. Philadelphia. 



Offering to rebind all the books which were misplaced through the 

 carelessness of a journeyman. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXV, 86. 



From The Gentlemen of the [Constitutional] Convention at the 

 Indian Queen. [1787.] June 27. 



Inviting the President of the State of Pennsylvania to dinner at 

 their quarters. L. i p. XLIII, 160. 



