378 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From M[ary] Stewart. 1788. August 3. London. 



Sent him twelve copies of her brother's work; account of various 

 misfortunes experienced since she last saw Franklin. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXXVI, 77. 



From James Bowdoin. 1788. August 4. Boston. 



Introducing M. [Brissot] de Warville and his fellow-traveller, 

 Col. de La Terriere. A. L. S. i p. XXXVI, 78. 



FroTH Miers Fisher. 1788. August 5. [Philadelphia.] 



Returning, with thanks, the two volumes of the Transactions of the 

 French Academy; remarks concerning the memoirs on paper manu- 

 factures. Sends a ream of paper lately manufactured at Brandywine 

 Mills; thinks it an improvement on the last. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXVI, 79. 



From W[illia]ni Martin. 1788. August 5. Philadelphia. 

 Observations on paper-money. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVI, 80. 



From Sain[ue]l Jennings. 1788. August 6. London. 



Mr. [Benjamin] West's kindness to him ; has forwarded four pictures 

 for him; is at present on the fifth — St. Paul shaking the viper from his 

 hand, intended for the chapel at Greenwich. Exciting election in West- 

 minster. A. L. S. I p. XXXVI, 81. 



From J. Ingen Housz. 1788. August 9. Paris. 



His arrival in Paris; saw Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson, who drew up 

 the power of attorney which will enable Mr. [Samuel] Vaughan [Jr.] 

 to act for him in his afifair with Mr. [Samuel] Wharton. Accepts the 

 advice to hold his Certificates of Congress until the new Government 

 is established ; question of buying land with the money. Franklin's 

 pointed remarks on the Turkish war. Dined with Mr. [John] Para- 

 dise. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVI, 82. 



From James Rumsey. 1788. August 10. London. 



Money to be made if he had the privilege of erecting boats to go 

 by steam; possibility of forming a connection with Messrs. Bolton and 

 Watt ; his boiler much improved ; favorable opinion expressed by all 

 who have seen it. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVI, 83. 



