PHILADELPHIA:
CHILDS & PETERSON, 602 ARCH ST.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1840, by

HILLIARD, GRAY & CO. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL, FROM

THE TIME OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST MISSION TO
ENGLAND, TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION. 1757 - 1775.

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1772.
To John Foxcroft. 4 February.

Agency in procuring Walpole's Grant. - Postoffice.
To Cadwallader Evans. 6 February.

Silk produced in Pennsylvania, and sent to England for

a Bounty.
From David Hume to B. Franklin. 7 February.

On the Prejudices against his Writings.
To Thomas Cushing. 13 April.
Little done in Parliament relating to America.

Lord
Hillsborough. — Agents in England unnecessary, unless

received on a different Footing.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 5 May.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 14 July.

Journey to the North of England.
To William Frack.in. 17 August.

Removal of Lord Hillsborough. — Lord Dartmouth.
To William Franklin. 19 August.

Use of bodily Exercise.

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