$12 Letters from Benjamin Franklin 



blessing. Declares that although she is as rich as an Archbishop 

 in all moral and Christian virtues she has refused him her love, so 

 as not to have to sacrifice the smallest particle of her virtue. A. Dr. 

 of L. 2 p. (In French.) XLVI(i), 52. 



Printed in Putnam's Monthly, Dec, 1906, 31. 



To ■W[illia]m Lee. 1778. August 13. Passy. 



Is ready to deliver the trunk to him, but is unwilling to have any 

 concern in the opening of it; or in examining or sorting the papers. 

 A. Dr. of L. S. I p. XLV, 129. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, VII, 184). 



To [Antoine Raymond Jean Gaulbert Gabriel] de Sartine. 

 1778. August 18. Passy. 



Regarding the exchange of prisoners. A. Dr. of L. S. 2 p. 



XLV, 130. 



Printed in Works (Smyth, VII, 185). 



From The American Commissioners to Comte de Vergennes. 

 1778. August 18. Passy. 



By the 8th Article of the Treaty of Commerce His Majesty engaged 

 to employ his good offices with the Emperor of Morocco and the other 

 powers on the coast of Barbary to provide as fully as possible for the 

 safety of the inhabitants of the United States and their vessels and ef- 

 fects against violence from the Barbary States. Heard that there are 

 American vessels in Italy desiring to return home and that there are 

 merchants in Italy desiring to enter American trade, but that an ap- 

 prehension of danger from the Barbary States is a discouragement. 

 Requests his attention to the matter. L. i p. ( Press copy. ) LV, 60. 



To de Perygnon. 1778. September 10. Passy. 



Answers to questions on the subject of marriage in Pennsylvania. 

 A. Dr. of L. I p. XLV, 131. 



The Story of the Ephemera. 1778. September 20. Passy. 

 Another translation. Diss. 3 p. (In French.) L(i)> 39^. 



