380 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Sarah Vaughan. 1788. September 10. London. 

 Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Bird. A. L. S. i p. XXXVI, 90. 



jpro/n Charlotte Filangieri. 1788. September 27. Naples. 



Announcing the death of her husband, Chevalier Gaetano Filangieri; 

 his great work remains unfinished ; promises to send a selection of his 

 writings. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 91. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, X, 359; Bigelow, X, 7). 



From R[ichar]d Cort[lan]dt Skinner. 



1788. September 29. Philadelphia. 



Lost his hereditary patrimony; since then studied dentition with the 

 celebrated Dr. [Barth.] Ruspini of London; desires to practice his pro- 

 fession in Philadelphia; begs for the loan of the trifling sum of twenty 

 dollars. A. L. S. 3 P- XXXVI, 92. 



Frotn W[illia]m Vaughan. 1788. October 5. London. 



Greatly concerned at his illness. Often read with pleasure the papers 

 Franklin sent him on the common conduct in life. Types and letters 

 forwarded by Mr. John Wright. A. L. S. 2 p. (In duplicate.) 



XXXVI, 93. 



From [Louis Guillaume] Le Veillard. 1788. October 10. Passy. 



Hopes he has recovered from the bad attack of gout. Affairs in 

 France; depleted state of the treasury; resignations and appointments; 

 the States-General announced for January, 1789; second meeting of the 

 Assemble des Notables to discuss the best way of convoking it. Urging 

 Franklin to work on his memoirs. The country inundated w4th political 

 pamphlets and memoirs; no work to compare with [Comte] de Mira- 

 beau's on the Prussian Monarchy ; fear of a famine in France. A. L. S. 

 5 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 94. 



From Sam[ue]l Vaughan. 1788. October 10. St. James's, Jamaica. 



Hopes Franklin will live to see the establishment of liberty and the 

 security of property. Writes on behalf of his son Samuel who desires 

 a government office under the new Constitution; thinks a place in the 

 Foreign Department would be most suitable to his talents and inclina- 

 tions. Obliged to remain in Jamaica another year to look after his 

 property there. A, L. S. 3 p. XXXVI, 95. 



