[16] Sparks's Works of Franklin, Vol. VIII. p. 537; Mignet, Notices et Portraits, Tom. II. p. 480.
[17] Cabania, Oeuvres, Tom. V. p. 251.
[18] Lettres de Madame Du Deffant, Tom. III. p. 367.
[19] Ibid. Tom. IV. p. 35.
[20] Lacretelle, Histoire de France, Tom. V. p. 90.
[21] Oeuvres de Condorcet, par O'Connor, Tom. V. pp. 406, 407.
[22] Capefigue, Louis XVI, Tom. II. pp. 12, 13, 42, 49, 50. The rose-water biographer of Diane de Poitiers, Madame de Pompadour, and Madame du Barry would naturally disparage Franklin.
[23] Mignet, Notices at Portraits, Tom. II. p. 427.
[24] La Gazette Secrète, 15 Jan. 1777; Capefigue, Louis XVI., Tom. II. p. 15.
[25] Œuvres de Turgot, Tom. II. p. 66.