376 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From [Joseph Ignace] Guillotin. 1788. July i. Paris. 



Overwhelmed with horror at the news of the massarce by Indians 

 of the party from Pittsburg; doubts not that the French botanist and 

 mineralogist mentioned are his two young friends; report that one of 

 them, though severely wounded, escaped; begs for further news; such 

 a tragedy would cause the complete abandonment of the proposed settle- 

 ment; if both men are alive, begs that they may be given every care and 

 assistance; will send the necessary funds. A. L. S. 4 p. (In du- 

 plicate. In French.) XXXVI, 66. 



From Wallace & Muir. 1788. July 7. Annapolis. 

 Sending the enclosed by a safe hand. A. L, S. i p. XXXVI, 67. 



From [Marquis de Condorcet]. 1788. July 8. 



Acknowledging his election to the [American] Philosophical Society. 

 The new Federal Constitution of the United States; if nothing better 

 could be obtained, looks upon it as a necessary evil. Affairs in France ; 

 clamors against despotism ; dread of civil war or bankruptcy. A. L. 



2 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 68. 

 Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 353; Bigelow, X, i). 



From Thomas. 1788. July 8. Paris. 



His affair with Messrs. Bache & Shee; acknowledging Franklin's 

 reply with the bill of sale, asked for so often in vain ; cannot regard the 

 business as ended, since the balance due him has never been paid ; 

 relies on Franklin's good offices to receive prompt payment. A. L. S. 



3 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 69. 



From Due de la Rochefoucauld. 1788. July 12. Varennes. 



Memoirs of Franklin's life. The new Federal Constitution ; extent 

 of the power granted the President; confidence implied in Washing- 

 ton and his successors. Political condition of France; States-General 

 demanded by the public; faults in the form of this body; preference 

 for a National Assembly; fears for these first steps in the career of 

 liberty; America's position far more favorable for the establishment 

 of a good Constitution. Sending him a dissertation on Nyctalopia, a 

 disease endemic in the neighborhood of La Rocheguyon. A. L. S. 

 7 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 70. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 354; Bigelow, X, 2). 



