S86 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Due de la Rochefoucauld. 1789. February 22. Paris. 



Franklin's retirement to the country after his public office is ter- 

 minated; hopes he will find time then to finish his memoirs. Need in 

 France of a head like Franklin's. Pleasure he derived from his brief 

 acquaintance with Mr. [Gouverneur] Morris. A. L. S. 2 p. (In 

 French.) XXXVI, 119. 



From [Sir] Edward Newenham. 1789. February 24. Dublin. 



Sending a paper with the important debates on the Viceroy's insolent 

 answer to both houses of Parliament; censure passed by them on the 

 Viceroy; all Ireland on their side; hopes for certain reforms. A. L. S. 

 2 p. XXXVI, 119I/4. 



i^ro //2 W[illia]m Vaughan. 1789. February 27. London. 



Happy to hear that he is able to continue the history of his own life. 

 Sends him Chambers's Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; knows of no better 

 English Encyclopaedia. Glad to see that the prejudices and habits arising 

 from the war, have given place to industry and sobriety. Revolutions 

 in Europe all tending to a general improvement in manners and wiser 

 systems. A. L. S. 2 p. (In duplicate.) XXXVI, 120 and 121. 



From [Ferdinand] Grand. 1789. February 28. Paris. 



Convalescent from a serious illness. Sends him Le Voyage de Grece 

 by L'Abbe [Jean Jacques] Barthelemy. A. L. S. 2 p. (In French.) 



XXXVI, 122. 



From Jona[tlian] Williams, [Sr.]. 1789. March 2. Boston. 



Fate of the books which Franklin sent him to sell. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XXXVI, 122 1/^. 



From Mme. Brillon. 1789. March 6. Paris. 



Hopeful outlook for America. Crisis in the life of France; begs 

 Franklin to pray for her country. His plan to retire to the country; 

 her own joy in a primitive life. Messages to his grandson. News of her 

 own family. A. L. 4 p. (In French.) XLIII, 12. 



Printed in Putnam's Monthly, Jan., 1907, 436. 



