Letters to Benjamin Franklin 361 



i^row [Gov.] Edm[und] Randolph. 1787. December 15. Richmond. 



Mr. Joseph Elam arrested in Philadelphia as a proper subject for the 

 hospital [for the insane] there and of his subsequent escape; has 

 done business with him for two years and found him intelligent and 

 orderly; Mr. Elam afraid to return to Philadelphia on business without 

 Franklin's protection. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXV, 158. 



FroTn [Louis Guillaume] Le Veillard. 1787. December 15. Passy. 



Begging for news of the [Constitutional] Convention. Messrs. le 

 Due d'Orleans, I'Abbe Sabattier and Frelot, Counsellors of Parliament, 

 still exiled ; efforts made to obtain their return. Promises of M. 

 [Ferdinand] Grand to send the portrait by a sure hand. A. L. i p. 

 (In French.) XXXV, 159. 



From Nathaniel Gorham. 1787. December 15. Charlestown. 



Happy effect attending the publication of Franklin's speech [in the 

 Constitutional Convention] ; read and applauded by almost every one ; 

 opinion of Franklin's old friends in Boston. Prospect very encouraging 

 in South Carolina. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXV, 160. 



From Vires Acquirit Cedendo [Francis Hopkinson]. 

 1787. December 24. Philadelphia. 



Meeting of the [American] Philosophical Society and the disposition 

 of Mr. [John Hyacinth de] Magellan's annual premium; many dis- 

 satisfied with the manner in which the affair was conducted and entered 

 on the minutes; desires Franklin to summon another meeting before the 

 end of the month to reconsider the proceedings and revise the minutes. 

 A. L. S. 2 p. XXXV, 161. 



From. L. Weiss. 1787. December 24. 



Application made to him as a magistrate by Mr. Henry Clawes to 

 recover a debt from John Dean, Esq., member of the Supreme Executive 

 Council ; is uncertain whether such an act on his part would be counted 

 a breach of privilege; has written the enclosed [i p.] to Mr. Dean 

 without result; desires Franklin's advice. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXXV, 162. 



