354 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From George Whatley. 1787. September 14. London. 



Enclosing memorial relative to Francis Dashwood [Baron Le Des- 

 pencer]. Question of banks, paper money and coining. Criticism of 

 a publication dedicated to Mr. [John] Adams, entitled Political Sketches. 

 Interested in the result of the [Constitutional] Convention. Their rela- 

 tive ages. News of their friend Dr. [William] Rowley. A. L. S. 3 p. 



XXXV, 121. 



From [Julien] David Le Roy. 1787. September 20. Havre. 



Experiments in navigation; sure of the success of this new kind of 

 vessel ; the simplification and perfecting of his system of sails ; offers 

 to arrange this new style of rigging on any ship sent from America to 

 Rouen or Havre. Introducing M. Le Roux. A. L. S. 3 p. (In 

 French.) XXXV, 122. 



i^rom J [amejs Macnamara. 1787. September 20. Philadelphia. 



Account of his being shipwrecked on his passage from Ireland to 

 America; his wife and child drowned and everything else lost; is now 

 a sufferer from epileptic fits, the result of his grief and terror; cared 

 for by the managers and physicians of the Pennsylvania Hospital ; begs 

 Franklin for a change of clothes, as he is destitute of everything. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. XXXV, 123. 



From Thomas. 1787. September 20. Florence. 



Account of merchandise sent in 1783 through Mr. [Jonathan] 

 Williams [Jr.], to Bache & Shee at Philadelphia, to be sold on com- 

 mission; has never received but a small part of the profits of that sale; 

 gives the details of the affair; if Franklin refuses to intercede, must 

 endeavor to obtain justice in a more public manner. L. S. 4 p. 

 (In French. In duplicate.) XXXV, 124 and 134. 



From Mathew Carey. 1787. September 24. Philadelphia. 



Concerning the purchase from him of type; takes exception to a re- 

 mark of Franklin made during their interview on this subject. A. L. 

 S. 3 P- XXXV, 125. 



From Ricli[ar]d Price. 1787. September 26. Hackney. 



Acknowledging his election as member of the Pennsylvania Society 

 for abolishing negro slavery; similar institution just founded in London. 



