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- # CHAPTER VI.
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel [Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile](arke:01KG8AJ76S23Z6FF7SMFEB4N3X) by Herman Melville. It describes how Israel Potter meets secret American sympathizers in England and is dispatched to Paris on a secret mission. The chapter appears between lines 1383 and 1665 of the source file [israel_potter.txt](arke:01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW).
## Context
The chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows [CHAPTER V.
ISRAEL IN THE LION’S DEN.](arke:01KG8AJHFQP29KQ09WMGVG54R1) and precedes [CHAPTER VII.](arke:01KG8AJHFQE8BQF89PD6K8FN70) in the novel's narrative.
## Contents
The chapter narrates Israel Potter's encounter with Squire Woodcock, Horne Tooke, and James Bridges, who are portrayed as secret friends of America. They task Israel with carrying a message to Doctor Franklin in Paris. The chapter details the preparations for Israel's journey, including disguises, secret compartments in his boots for carrying papers, and his journey to Paris. It culminates with Israel's arrival in Paris and a curious encounter with a shoe-black on the Pont Neuf, leading to his arrival at Doctor Franklin's residence. The chapter sets the stage for Israel's meeting with Benjamin Franklin, depicting the doctor in his study surrounded by scientific instruments and documents.
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- CHAPTER VI.
ISRAEL MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF CERTAIN SECRET FRIENDS OF AMERICA, ONE
OF THEM BEING THE FAMOUS AUTHOR OF THE “DIVERSIONS OF PURLEY,” THESE
DESPATCH HIM ON A SLY ERRAND ACROSS THE CHANNEL.