Letters to Benjamin Franklin 393 



From W[illia]m Nelson, Jr. 1789. July 20. Williamsburg. 



Reminding Franklin that Mr. John Paradise never became a British 



subject but took the oath of fidelity to the United States when Franklin 



was Ambassador to France; desires a certificate of his having taken 



the oath, in order to settle a law-suit. A. L. S. i p. XXXVI, 158. 



From August Konig. 1789. July 21. Philadelphia. 



Reminding Franklin of his impoverished state; received promise of 

 aid from Governor [Thomas] Mifflin provided he could procure a 

 recommendation from Franklin ; hopes he will not refuse him this grace. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. XXXVI, 159. 



From [Louis Guillaume] Le Veillard. 1789. July 22. Passy. 



News of his ill health received from Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson ; affairs 

 in France ; energy and prudence shown by a Nation accused of volatility ; 

 incredible revolution which has taken place; the yoke of priests, nobles 

 and King shaken off; the Nation mistress of her fate; all this ac- 

 complished without bloodshed; America's example a great help and 

 inspiration; Marquis de la Fayette chosen to command the bourgeois 

 militia of Paris [National Guard] ; storming of the bastille ; M. [Jean 

 Sylvain] Bailly Mayor of Paris; lawless acts by bands of ruffians 

 driven out of Paris; himself, commands the militia of Passy. A. L. S. 

 2 p. (In French.) XXXVI, 160. 



From Moses Young. 1789. July 23. Bordeaux. 



Introducing Col. [John Skey] Eustace of New York, who desires to 

 transmit to Franklin some important papers relative to the Revolution 

 in France. A. L. S. i p. XXXVI, 161. 



From [Sir] Edward Newenham. 1789. July 26. 



Acknowledging receipt of American newspapers; reports of Frank- 

 lin's illness; question of reducing the two reluctant States to join the 

 other eleven; considers the Mississippi a noble boundary; desires Frank- 

 lin's opinion on equal taxation and other transactions of Congress. Ac- 

 count of an illness from which he is just convalescing. Weather con- 

 ditions and crops. His views on affairs in France; honorable action 

 of the Duke of Orleans and the Archbishop of Bordeaux; can boast no 

 such virtuous ecclesiastics in Ireland. Damage done by the heavy rains. 



