Philadelphia, March 22d, 1776.
Dear Sir:
I wrote to you lately by Mr. [Thomas] Story, and since by another conveyance. This line will be delivered to you by Mr. Deane, who goes over on business of the [Continental] Congress, and with whom you may freely converse on the affairs committed to you in behalf of that body. I recommend him warmly to your civilities. Messrs Vaillant and Pochard 2 continue close at their new business, and are already able to subsist by it; as they grow more expert, they will be able to make more money. Mr. Deane will inform you of every thing here, and I need not add more than that I am [&c.] B.Franklin
1. Wharton, ed., Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence, II, 82.
2. Ibid., 64, French gentlemen "of mere science in /es belles-lettres," who had arrived in Philadelphia in August or September, 1775.
