Letters to Benjamin Franklin 375 



From Mrs. Powel. 1788. June 16. 



Begging the loan of Franklin's sedan-chair for a Virginia gentleman, 

 who is laboring under such severe and weakening complaints, as to ren- 

 der him incapable of being moved in a wheel-carriage. L. in 3d P. i p. 



XXXVI, 60. 



From . 1788. June 25. 



Incloses the report of Council authorizing him to purchase the land 

 adjoining the northern boundary of the State. L. i p. XLIV, 81. 



From Anthony Armbruster. 1788. June 26. Germantown. 

 Begging for assistance. A. L. S. i p. XXXVI, 61. 



From Etienne Mestre. 1788. June 27. Bordeaux. 



Concerning certain casks of wine shipped to Franklin by order of 

 M. [Louis Guillaume] Le Veillard. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) 



XXXVI, 62. 



From Johann Jacob Meyen, Ph.D. 

 1788. June 28. Alt-Stettin on the Oder, Pommerania. 



An eulogy on Dr. Franklin as Philosopher, Statesman and Patriot. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. (In German.) LIX, 29. 



From James Bowdoin. 1788. June 28. Boston, 



Non-arrival of the second volume of the [American] Philosophical 

 [Society's] Transactions sent to their Society; encloses Mr. [Caleb] 

 Gannett's letter on the subject [XXXVI, 63] ; trusts the French work 

 which Franklin has left them in his will, may be long out of their pos- 

 session, Franklin's expectation of retiring from public cares. Pleasure 

 derived from reading his ingenious queries concerning magnetism and 

 the theory of the Earth ; pleasant speculations to which they give rise. 

 Introducing Mr. John Stewart, a grandson of the late Capt, Erving, 

 A. L. S, 3 P- XXXVI, 64. 



From [L.] Carles. 1788. June 30. St. Nicolas. 



His misfortunes increased ; begs for a letter of recommendation to M. 

 [Barbe] de Marbois, who may procure him a position which will enable 

 his family to live. Sent him two engravings of the Loge des Com- 

 mandeurs de Carcassonne in December, 1787. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) XXXVI, 65. 



