BENJAMIN FRANKLIN;

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CONTAINING

SEVERAL POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL TRACTS

NOT INCLUDED IN ANT FORMER EDITION,

AND

MANY LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE
NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED;

WITH

NOTES

AND

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

By JARED SPARKS.

VOLUME VIII.

REVISED EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:
CHILDS & PETERSON, 602 ARCH ST.

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

HILLIARD, GRAY ft 00.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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.

To John Foxcroft. 4 February. 1

Agency in procuring Walpole's Grant. — Postoffice.

To Cadwallader Evans. 6 February 3

Silk produced in Pennsylvania, and sent to England for

a Bounty.

From David Hume to B. Franklin. 7 February. . . 5

On the Prejudices against his Writings.

To Thomas Cushing. 13 April 7

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 8

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 14 July 9

Journey to the North of England.

To William Frantin. 17 August 10

Removal of Lord Hillsborough.— Lord Dartmouth.

To William Franklin. 19 August 12

Use of bodily Exercise.