350 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [Chevalier de Mauduit] Duplessis. 1787. August i. Paris. 



Account of a serious illness which brought him to death's door and 

 caused him great fear. Messages from the Count d'Estaing, who has 

 done all in his power for Franklin's friend, Mr. [Thomas] Paine. 

 Trouble in Holland; fear of war; influence of Mr. [William] Pitt in 

 England against anything which will mar the present peace. A. L. S. 

 I p. (In French. In duplicate.) XXXV, 100. 



Fro?n Nesmoz & Valliant. 1787. August 2. Philadelphia. 



Understands that Franklin sometimes has occasion to draw upon 

 Paris; desires to know if he will oblige them with bills to the amount 

 of three or four thousand livres, and upon what terms? A. L. S. i p. 



XXXV, loi. 



From [Joseph Ignace] Guillotin. 1787. August 5. Paris. 



Request for Franklin's advice and assistance on behalf of Messrs. 

 Picque and Saugrain [de Vigny] ; begs him to recommend their inex- 

 perience to a capable adviser wherever they go ; Illinois likely to be chosen 

 as their place of settlement ; understands from Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson 

 that grants of land may be had there. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) 



XXXV, 102. 



From Samuel Vaughan, Jr. 1787. August 7. New York. 



Sending him the Judiciary Bill and the bill for the punishment of 

 certain crimes ; question of the power invested in Congress ; the members 

 cautious lest their measures should not meet with the approbation 

 of their constituents. Enclosing a report of the Assembly in Jamaica 

 on the slave trade and slavery in that Island. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXXV, 103. 



From Major [William] North. 1787. August 8. New York. 



Enclosing an important letter for Mr. Williams. L. in 3d P. I p.'^ 



XL, 40. 



From Jonathan Rumford. 1787. August 9. Wilmington. 



Reported in 1777 that Franklin sent Congress a package of all 

 clean sheets of paper; sends him something similar with the hope that 

 he and Washington will fill them. Expects the gentlemen of the 



