THE

WORKS

OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN;

CONTAINING

SEVERAL POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL TRACTS

NOT INCLUDED IN ANY FORMER EDITION,

AND

MANY LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE

NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED;

WITH

NOTES

AND

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

BY JARED SPARKS.

VOLUME X.

BOSTON:
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Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight

hundred and forty, by HILLIARD GRAY, AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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BOSTON:

PRESS DI GEORGE C. RAND,

CORNIILL.

CONTENTS

or

VOLUME TENTH.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PART THIRD;

.

COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL, FROM

THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO

THE END OF THE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO FRANCE.

1775-1785.

(CONTINUED.)

Page

1783.

To Charles J. Fox. 5 September.

1

To David Hartley. 6 September.

1

Mr. Fox. - American People.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 7 September.

3

On the future Establishment of her Children.

To David Hartley. 7 September.

5

To John Jay. 10 September.

6

Quotes a Letter from America containing false Reports. —

Appeals to Mr. Jay to refute them.

From John Jay to B. Franklin. 11 September.

8

Refutes the Charges contained in a Letter to Dr. Frank-

lin, respecting the Part taken by the latter in Regard to

the Fisheries.

To Josiah Quincy. 11 September.

9

Treaty of Peace. — Depreciating Currency. False

Charges of his Enemies.

From John Adams to B. Franklin. 13 September.

12

From Sir Joseph Banks to B. Franklin. 13 September. 13

Balloons.

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21

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25

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27
28

To the President of Congress. 13 September, 1783. .

Relations with Morocco. — Portugal. - English Ministers.

From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 24 September.

Concerning a Treaty of Commerce with England.

To the President of Congress. 27 September.

Enclosing a Copy of the Definitive Treaty.

To Sir Edward Newenham. 2 October.

Dungannon Resolutions. -Trade between Ireland and

America,

To Thomas Brand Hollis. 5 October.

Eulogium of Thomas Hollis.

From the Count de Bruhl to B: Franklin. 10 October..

From Samuel Cooper to B. Franklin. 16 October.

Impost of Five per Cent agreed to by the Legislature of

Massachusetts.

To David Hartley. 16 October.

To David Hartley. 22 October.

To the President of Congress. 1 November.

Financial Difficulties of France. -- Sweden, Denmark, Por-

tugal.

From Giacomo F. Crocco to B. Franklin. 25 November.

From Sir Joseph Banks to B. Franklin. 28 November.

Ascent of a Balloon.

To William Carmichael. 15 December.

Proposed Treaty with Morocco.

To Giacomo Francesco Crocco. 15 December.

To the President of Congress. 25 December.

American Commissioners. — Signing of the Definitive Trea-

ties, British Court. American Constitutions published

in the French Language.- Treaties with European Powe

ers. - Paul Jones.

To Robert Morris. 25 December.

Difficulty of meeting Drafts on the public Account. Sala-

ries of the American Ministers in Europe. — Contingent

Expenses. — Taxation. — Nature of Property in Civil So-

ciety.— The Marquis de Lafayette.

From John Jay to B. Franklin. 26 December.

To Thomas Mifflin. 26 December.

Dr. Franklin requests of Congress to be recalled from

France.

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To the President of Congress. 26 December, 1783..

Recommending Mr. Hodgson as Consul in London.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 26 December.

1784.

To John Jay. 6 January. .

To Samuel Chase. 6 January.

To David Hartley. 7 January.

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Change in Administration. Hereditary Officers of State.

From Charles Thomson to B. Franklin. 15 January.

Treaty of Peace ratified by Congress.

To Mrs. Sarah Bache. 26 January.

Order of the Cincinnati. - Hereditary Nobility. - De-

scending Honors.

From William Strahan to B. Franklin. 1 February.

Urging Dr. Franklin to visit England.

To Henry Laurens. 12 February.

Remarks on the British Government.

To William Strahan. 16 February.

Political Disorders in England.

To Benjamin Vaughan. March.

Reflections on the American Treaty with England.

From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 2 March.

To Charles Thomson. 9 March.

To Henry Laurens. 12 March.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 19 March. .

To M. de la Condamine. 19 March.

Animal Magnetism.- Cure of Diseases.

I'rom Richard Price to B. Franklin. 6 April.

The Royal Society. - Political Affairs in England. - Dr.

Price's Design to write concerning the United States.

To John Walter. 17 April.

On the Logographic Method of Printing.

To Benjamin Webb. 22 April.

A new Method of repaying Money lent.

To Samuel Mather. 12 May.

Cotton Mather. — Biographical Anecdotes.

To the President of Congress. 12 May.

Commerce with the British and French Colonies.

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