CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME EIGHTH.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PART SECOND;

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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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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To William Franklin. 19 August, 1772.

Lord Hillsborough refuses Admittance to him. — His agree-

able Situation in London. - Desires to return Home.

Chosen into the Royal Academy at Paris.

To Anthony Benezet. 22 August.

On the Slave Trade.

To Joseph Galloway. 22 August.

Lord Hillsborough's Resignation. Lord Dartmouth suc.

ceeds him, — Lord Rochford.

To Thomas Cushing. 3 September.

Petition to the King. — Lord Dartmouth appointed Minis-

ter of American Affairs.

To Joseph Priestley. 19 September.

Moral Algebra, or Method of deciding doubtful Matters

with One's Self.

To John Bartram. 17 October.

Rhubarb, — Upland Rice. — Chinese Tallow Tree.

To Thomas Cushing. 4 November.

Petition to the King put into the Hands of Lord Dartmouth.

To Joseph Galloway. 2 December.

Court of Exchequer. — The India Company. - Duty on

Tea.

To Thomas Cushing. 2 December. .

Petition from Massachusetts Bay.- Conversation with Lord

Dartmouth respecting it.

1773.

To Thomas Cushing. 5 January.

Conversation with Lord Dartmouth on American Affairs.-

Condition of the India Company. - Security of the Colo-

nies lies in their growing Strength.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 6 January.

His Birthday.

To John Bartram. 10 February.

To William Franklin. 14 February. .

Ministry embarrassed with the Affairs of the India Com-

pany. - Distress among the Manufacturers.

To Thomas Cushing. 9 March.

Proceedings of the Town of Boston. Governor Hutchin-

son's Speech. — Duty on Tea.

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From Samuel Cooper to B. Franklin. 15 March, 1773.

Lord Dartmouth. — Measures adopted by the Towns in

Massachusetts. — Conduct of the Governor. - Administra-

tion in England universally disapproved.

To Thomas Cushing. 3 April.

Lord Dartmouth's Wish to heal the Breach between Great

Britain and America.

To William Franklin. 6 April.

Bishop of St. Asaph's Sermon. — Its liberal Sentiments in

Regard to America.

To Dean Woodward. 10 April.

Slavery in America. — Ships transporting Convicts to Vir-

ginia.

To Thomas Cushing. 6 May.

Governor Hutchinson's Speech to the Assembly of Massa-

chusetts. — Conversation with Lord Dartmouth respecting

it, and the Assembly's Answer.

To Thomas Cushing. 2 June.

Petition presented to the King, and the Answer.

To Thomas Cushing. 4 June.

Duty on Tea.

From Samuel Cooper to B. Franklin. 14 June.

Committees of Correspondence. — Account of the Pro-

ceedings of the Massachusetts Assembly in Regard to

Hutchinson's Letters.

From Thomas Cushing to B. Franklin. 25 June.

Hutchinson's Letters. — Petition to the King for the Re-

moval of Governor Hutchinson and Lieutenant-Governor

Oliver.

To Thomas Cushing. 7 July.

Controversy with Governor Hutchinson.— Resolves of the

Virginia House of Burgesses. - Dr. Franklin justifies him-

self against the Charge of Neglect, as Agent for Massa-

chusetts. — Arthur Lee.

To Thomas Cushing. 7 July..

Parliament prorogued. — The King's Answer to the Amer-

ican Petitions. — Proposed Means of obtaining Redress.

General Sentiments of the People in England respecting

America. -Captain Calef. — Sir Francis Bernard's Project.

To Samuel Mather. 7 July.

Dissenters’ Petition. — Discovery of America by Europeans

before Columbus. — Remarks on the Proceedings against

America.

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To Samuel Cooper. 7 July, 1773. .

Unanimity of the People of Massachusetts in the Senti-

ments of Liberty. Hutchinson's Letters.

To Samuel Franklin. 7 July.

To William Franklin. 14 July.

Meeting with Lord North at Lord Le Despencer's. — Lord

Dartmouth. — Anecdote of Lord Hillsborough.

To Samuel Danforth. 25 July.

To John Winthrop. 25 July.

Prudence and Moderation recommended in the political

Movements of the Colonies.

To Thomas Cushing. 25 July. .

Printing of Hutchinson's Letters.

To Samuel Cooper. 25 July.

Hutchinson's Letters.

To Thomas Cushing. 24 August.

Address of Massachusetts for the Removal of their Gov-

ernor and Lieutenant-Governor.

To William Franklin. 1 September.

Resolutions of the New England Townships. — Project to

form a Union with Ireland.-Hutchinson's Letters.

To Thomas Cushing. 12 September.

Project to avoid repealing the American Tea Duty.

To John Baskerville. 21 September.

Sale of Printers' Types. — Sheet of Chinese Paper.

To William Franklin. 6 October.

Right of the British Parliament to make Laws binding the

Colonies, denied. — Lord Mansfield's Opinion of the pre-

tended Prussian Edict. The Reading of it at Lord

Le Despencer's by Paul Whitehead.

To Thomas Cushing. 1 November. .

Proposed Accommodation with Great Britain. - Petition

for removing the Governors.

To an Engraver. 3 November.

Art of printing on China Ware. — Use of the Art in teach-

ing Moral Lessons.

To Joseph Galloway. 3 November. .

Supposed Disposition to compose the Differences with

America. — Tea Duty.

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To William Franklin. 3 November, 1773.

From Samuel Cooper to B. Franklin. 10 November.

Method of warming Churches. – Hutchinson's Letters.-

Samuel Adams. • Major Hawley.

1774.

To Thomas Cushing. 5 January.

Petition for the Removal of the Governors presented by

Lord Dartmouth. — Dued between Mr. Temple and Mr.

Whately.

To William Franklin. 5 January.

Insinuations respecting Mr. Galloway. – Dr. Franklin pro-

poses to return to America.

To Thomas Cushing. 15 February.

A particular Account of the Proceedings of the Privy

Council on the Petition of the Assembly of Massachusetts

for the Removal of Governor Hutchinson. — Dr. Franklin

dismissed from his Office of Deputy Postmaster-General in

America.

To Joseph Galloway. 18 February. .

Acts of the Pennsylvania Assembly. — Duty on Tea.-

Hutchinson's Letters.

To Samuel Cooper. 25 February.

Treatment of Dr. Franklin in Consequence of sending

Hutchinson's Letters. — French Edition of his Writings.

To Thomas Cushing. 2 April.

Petitions to Parliament from Americans in London.

Alarm of the Manufacturers. -New Measures hostile to

the Colonies expected.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 28 April.

Proposes to return Home. — Illness and Death of Mr.

Hewson.

To Thomas Cushing. 1 June.

Massachusetts Affairs. - Lord Chatham. - Postoffice.

To Mr. Coombe. 22 July.

Bishop of St. Asaph's Speech. – Poetry. - Use of Elo-

quence in a Preacher.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 22 July.

From a Committee of New Jersey to B. Franklin.

26 July..

Making Inquiry respecting the Proceedings of the Admin-

istration in England.

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