Letters to Benjamin Franklin 347 



From [General] H[enry] Knox. 1787. June 28. Philadelphia. 



Acknowledging Franklin's application on behalf of M. Varranault, 

 for admission into the Society of the Cincinnati ; necessary for the gentle- 

 man to address himself to the Society in France. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXV, 87. 



From John Churchman. 1787. July 2. East Nottingham [, Pa.]. 



Desiring to be informed, through his brother, Mordecai Churchman, 

 in Philadelphia, if the Astronomer Royal at Greenwich writes anything 

 respecting the affair sent to him three months ago. A. L. in 3d P. I p. 



XXXV, 88. 



From Alex[ande]r Small. 1787. July 3. London. 



Hoped Franklin would have retained some of Mirabeau's patriotic 

 principles; opposed to taxes on imports; thinks Philadelphia should be 

 made a free port ; objects to the loyalists being banished ; sees nothing of 

 the liberal disposition of Dr. Franklin. A. L. S. i p. XXXV, 89. 



FrojTi The Connecticut (Society) [Academy] of Arts and Sciences. 



1787. July 3. New Haven. 



A literary society instituted the previous year, entitled the Con- 

 necticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, of which Lieutenant-Governor 

 [Oliver] Wolcott is President; directed by the Society to apply to the 

 [American] Philosophical Society and the Academies of science through- 

 out Europe for their publications ; in return will send their literary col- 

 lections when these shall be published. A. L. S. Ezra Stiles, Cor- 

 respond [in] g Secretary. XXXV, 90. 



Front Marquis de Chartier de Lotbiniere. 



1787. July 9. New York. 



On Mr. [John] Jay's advice, came to America in order to obtain 

 possession of his estates on Lake Champlain ; if affairs turn out as he now 

 has reason to hope, will remain indefinitely in America ; his impatience to 

 see Franklin only held in check by the report of the heat in Phila- 

 delphia. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXV, 91. 



