1782.

Vol. Page.

A pologue

Observations on War

Supplement to the Boston Chronicle

An Account of Toads found enclosed in Solid Stone

On the Theory of the Earth

1783.

+* Reflections on the Augmentation of Wages, which will be occasioned in Europe by the American Revolution

An Electrical Experiment

On a Shock by the Electric Bottle, and the Density of Glass

II. 435

V. 477

V. 478

V. 479

VI. 451

On a patent Electrical Machine, and the Effects of
Lightning on the Eyes of Animals killed by it.

On the Comet seen in Yorkshire

Remarks concerning the Savages of North America
Internal State of America, being a true Description of

the Interest and Policy of that vast Continent Information to those who would remove to America On Balloons and their probable Importance Fire supposed to exist in the State of a Subtile Fluid Meteorological Imaginations and Conjectures * Loose Thoughts on a Universal Fluid

On the Criminal Laws, and the Practice of Privateering II. 478 On the Elective Franchises enjoyed by the Small Boroughs in England

Militia preferable to Regular Troops in the United

Vol. Page.

V. 480

. VI. 461

Effect of an Electrical Shock
Clock with Three Wheels; Gravitation in Bodies
Improvements in Navigation; Observations on the Con-

struction of Vessels; Means of preserving them
from Accidents at Sea; Methods of giving Motion
to Boats

On the Causes and Cure of Smoky Chimneys

VI. 463

VI. 505

Description of a New Stove for burning Pitcoal, and

On the Effects of Lead upon the Human Constitution VI. 564
On Thermometers

1787.

Proposals for Consideration in the Convention for form-
ing the Constitution of the United States

Speech in the Convention; on the Subject of Salaries
Speech in a Committee of the Convention; on the
Proportion of Representation and Votes

Motion for Prayers in the Convention

VI. 567

V. 142

V. 144

V. 149

Speech in the Convention at the Conclusion of its De-

Comparison of the Conduct of the Ancient Jews and
the Antifederalists in the United States of America V. 158
Queries and Conjectures relating to Magnetism and the

†Description of the Process to be observed in making
large Sheets of Paper in the Chinese Manner,
with one smooth Surface .

VI. 574

1789.

Observations relative to the Intentions of the Original
Founders of the Academy in Philadelphia

+ Hints for Consideration respecting the Orphan School-
house in Philadelphia

Vol. Page.

II. 133

II. 159

II. 508

An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in
Pennsylvania, viz. the Court of the Press.
Plan for improving the Condition of the Free Blacks
Address to the Public from the Pennsylvania Society

for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the
Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in
Bondage

Queries and Remarks respecting Alterations in the
Constitution of Pennsylvania

On the Slave-Trade

1790.

II. 513

II. 515

V. 163

No. II.

LETTERS WRITTEN BY FRANKLIN TO INDIVIDUALS AND
PUBLIC BODIES.

The names of the persons, to whom letters are addressed, are arranged alpha
betically. The date of each letter is inserted, with a reference to the volume
and page in which it may be found. Letters which have heretofore been
printed, but not published in any previous edition of the author's writings,
are denoted by a star (*). To letters, which have not before been printed,
this mark (†) is prefixed.