[34] Parton's Life of Franklin, ii. 508.

[35] Bancroft, Hist. U. S. v. 220.

[36] Parton's Life of Franklin, ii. 70.

[37] Life of Franklin, ii, 85.

[38] Bancroft, Hist. U. S. ix. 63.

[39] Parton's Life of Franklin, ii. 166.

[40] Hale's Franklin in France, i. 73.

[41] Franklin's Works, vi. 199, 205; viii. 153, 183; Hale's Franklin in France, i. 53.

[42] Hale's Franklin in France, i. 45.

[43] See also letter to Morris, March 30, 1782, Works, vii. 419; also viii. 225. In 1835 sufficient evidence was discovered to induce Congress to pay to the heirs of this unfortunate man a part of the sum due to him. Parton's Life of Franklin, ii. 362.