Letters from Benjamin Franklin 531 



To Mme. Brillon. 1782. March 26. 



Received his " Dialogue [with the Gout] " and her charming epistle. 

 Hopes that the next time the gout pays him a visit she will come to 

 see him; her presence and care would turn the pain into a pleasure. 

 A. Dr. of L. I p. (In French.) XLVI(i), 73. 



To Messrs. Cuming and Macarty. 1782. April 7. Passy. 



Received their letter relating to some accepted bills that have been 

 protested for non-payment at Madrid. Sorry for the uneasiness this 

 accident occasioned them. Shall immediately give orders to have them 

 taken up and the money paid by his banker to Messrs. Pache, Freres & 

 Co. A. Dr. of L. i p. XLV, 159a. 



To Mr. [Ferdinand] Grand. 1782. April 7. Passy. 



Requests him to take up sundry bills of exchange which were accepted 

 by Mr. [John] Jay at Madrid and afterwards protested for non- 

 payment, and which are now in the hands of Messrs. Pache, Freres & 

 Co. at Paris. A. Dr. of L. i p. XLV, 159b. 



To Mr. [William] Alexander. 1782. April 22. Passy. 



Is obliged to him for communicating his plan but declines to en- 

 gage in the scheme. Should he think fit to propose it to this Court, 

 he advises him to confer with M. [Ferdinand] Grand, whose opinion, 

 if he should approve of it, would weigh with the Ministry as would 

 that of his brother Sir George Grand, lately commissioned by the 

 King as Banker to France in Holland. A. D. of L. S. i p. 



XLV, 160. 



To M. Cabaret. 1782. June 6. 



An order for printing paper. Mem. i p. (In French.) LV, 6. 



Notarial Agreement and Power of Attorney. 1782. July 7. Passy. 



Agreement between Benjamin Franklin and Jacques Donatien Le Ray 

 de Chaumont relative to the settlement of their respective claims by 

 arbitration. D. 4 p. (In French.) LVII, 33. 



Memorandum. 1782. July. Passy. 



Remarks upon M. [Le Ray] de Chaumont's second account. A. Dr. 

 of Mem. I p. LIV, 125(9). 



