388 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



Compares Franklin to Timoleon ; deserves a Plutarch to hand him down 

 to posterity. Base manner in which [Francis] Bacon has been painted ; 

 few historians able to blend the philosopher and politician. Has with- 

 drawn Franklin's paper on Ventilation from the Society of Edinburgh; 

 their criticism of it was that it contained nothing new. Messages to 

 Mrs. [Mary] Hewson and family. Desires to know how Mr. [John] 

 Penn stands as to property; base abuse of Philadelphia's noble [High] 

 street by placing a market in it. A. L. S. 3 p. XXXVI, 128. 



From [Louis Guillaume] Le Veillard. 1789. April 25. Passy. 



State of affairs in France; on the eve of assembling the States- 

 General; freedom of the press; demands for a Constitution; the no- 

 bility's insistence upon voting by orders ; fears this will cause a schism ; 

 the Duke of Orleans a prominent figure. Great disorders among the 

 laboring classes. Grand Mass performed at which the entire Court was 

 present. Opening of the States-General ; speeches made. Daily journal 

 of the Convention suppressed after two numbers had appeared. Claims 

 of the nobility the first difficulty. Names of some of the deputies chosen. 

 A. L. 7 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 129. 



Printed, in part, in Works (Sparks, X, 387). 



Frojti John Bard. 1789. April 29. New York. 



Introducing his granddaughter; illness of his wife. A. L. S. i p. 



XXXVI, 130. 



From W[illiain] Barton. 1789. May 2. Philadelphia. 



Arrival of Mr. Aspinwall from Connecticut, with the laudable purpose 

 of promoting the culture of silk; fears his project will fall through with- 

 out the patronage of two or three gentlemen of distinction; Franklin's 

 name would be of great service to him ; reasons why he should be en- 

 couraged. A. L. S. 2 p. XXXVI, 131. 



From The Bank of North America. 1789. May 4. Philadelphia. 



Concerning the renewal of a small note. A. L. S. Tho[ma]s Wil- 

 ling. I p. XXXVI, 132. 



