362 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



Fro?n [Col.] John Armstrong. 1787. December 25. Carlisle. 



[Richard] Wharton shall not lack recommendations for admittance 

 to the Court of Carlisle. Dr. Nesbit and himself in favor of adopt- 

 ing the Constitution, keeping in view such Amendments as experience 

 and a fitter time may point out ; expects good results from the publication 

 of Franklin's last speech in the Convention ; pernicious effect of the 

 minority's dissent. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXV, 163. 



From [Gov.] Edm[und] Randolph. 1787. December 27. Richmond. 



Pursuant to a Resolution of their General Assembly, encloses two 

 copies of their Act concerning the Convention [to ratify the Constitu- 

 tion] to be held in June next; one copy intended for the Pennsylvania 

 Legislature. A. L. S. i p. XXXV, 164. 



From [Pierre Francois] Barbe de Marbois. 

 1787. December 28. Philadelphia. 



Writes on behalf of Jean Vicard, whose petition he encloses [2 p.] ; 

 account of his being forced to marry a woman of the town, who pre- 

 tended that he was the father of her child ; at present he is in prison 

 for failing to support them; begs Franklin to obtain his release. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXV, 165. 



From [Rev.] Sam[uel] Magaw. 1787. December i. 



Business of the [American] Philosophical Society; permitted their 

 determination, respecting inventions that came nearest to the annual 

 premium, to be inserted in one of the public papers; apologizes for 

 seeming to act contrary to Franklin's opinion; explains his reasons. A. 

 L. S. 2 p. XXXV, 166. 



From The Controller of Finances of Pennsylvania. 

 Statement for 1787. Mem. 2 p. LXIV, 86. 



From St. John de Crevecoeur. 1787. New York. 



Lately crossed the ocean with Com. [John] Paul Jones; takes advan- 

 tage of his departure for Philadelphia to transmit to Dr. Franklin a 

 letter from the Comtesse d'Houdetot and the 2d edition of the Farmers 

 Letters. L. S. i p. XXXV, 167. 



