Letters from Benjamin Franklin 521 



To Cyprian Sterry, John Smith, Jr., and the Brigantine "Hope." 



1779. September 24, Passy. 



Passport. A. Dr. of D. i p. LXXIV, 87. 



To Comte de Vergennes. 1779. September 26. Passy. 



Wishes he could write something positive to the Congress in regard 

 to the supplies they have asked for. Congress will be placed in a state 

 of uncertainty; and the disappointment will give great advantage to 

 their enemies, external and internal. L. S. 2 p. XLV, 149. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, VIII, 382; Bigelow, VI, 441; Smyth, VII, 376). 



To Joseph Wharton's Vessels. 1779. October. Passy. 

 Passport. Dr. of D. 2 p. LXXIV, 99. 



To Madame Brillon. 1779. November 10. Passy. 



The story of the whistle. A. Dr. of Diss. 4 p. XLV, 149^. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, II, 180; Bigelow, VI, 239; Smyth, VII, 414). 



La Belle et La Mauvaise Jambe. [Circa 1779.] 

 Broadside, i p. Passy. i vol. 4to. 094, F 85. 



To Count de Vergennes. [1779.] 



Points out that the effect of such long and unreasonable delays 

 in deciding claims by American vessels for prizes retaken from the 

 English will be to discourage offensive operations by American war 

 vessels against the English in European waters. Cites the claim of 

 Capt. [Daniel] McNeill, of the American privateer " General Mifflin," 

 which has not yet been settled after a delay of seven months. Dr. by 

 Le Ray de Chaumont of L. i p. (In French.) XLVI(i), 19. 



To Mme. Brillon. [Circa 1779.] 



Found it was eleven o'clock when he returned home. Fears that he 

 was so engrossed in his game of chess that he may have incommoded her 

 by keeping her so long in her bath. Will never begin another game 

 of chess in her bath room. Sends her M. [Paul Jeremie] Bitaube's 

 Homer, and asks if he may bring M. Bitaube with him next Wednesday 

 to make her acquaintance. A. Dr. of L. i p. (In French.) 



XLVI(i), 45. 



Printed in Putnam's Monthly, Dec, 1906, 312. 



