4o8 Letters to Benjamin Franklin 



From Mr., Mme. and Mile. Defouchy. 



Called to see Dr. Franklin. L. in 3d P. i p. (In French.) 



XLIII, 172. 



From J[ohn] L[ouis] De Lome. 



Called to see him before leaving for England but finding him oc- 

 cupied did not care to interrupt him, will call again. A. L. S. 2 p. 



XLIV, 257. 



From Chevalier Delseny. Bordeaux. 



Owing to illness is obliged to forward Franklin the letters entrusted 

 to him by Mr. and Mrs. [Richard] Bache. A. L. S. 2 p. XLI, 15. 



From Des Etres. Paris. 



Asking for a few moments' audience. A, L, S. i p. (In French.) 

 A. E. by Franklin. Mentioning the day and hour. XLI, 16. 



From Desmarain. 



Presenting Franklin with a basket of strawberries, the fruits of his 

 own gardening. A. L. S. i p. (In French.) XLI, 3. 



From Devellenne. Paris. 



Statement in Bacon's Philosophical Works that the Greeks con- 

 demned to death the first physicists who presumed to explain the natural 

 causes of thunder; applies to Franklin for aid in verifying this. Ques- 

 tion of a belief in God; attitude of Voltaire — of Socrates. A. L. S. 

 6 p. (In French.) XLII, 119. 



From [Mme.] Deville. 



Confined to her bed by an illness lasting six months; in great need 

 of money; ofFers to sell Franklin a rare old trinket for four louis. 

 A. L. S. 3 p. (In French.) XLI, 2. 



From [Barbeu] Dubourg. 



Recommending M. Prevost a man of much talent who desires to 

 have an interview with him before going to America. A. L. S. I p. 

 (In French.) XLIV, 200. 



