treaty of peace with that nation; and requesting of me to communicate any facts which my memory or papers may enable me to recollect, and which may indicate the true river, which the commissioners on both sides had in their view, to establish as the boundary between the two nations. Your letter found me under a severe fit of my malady, which prevented my answering it sooner, or attending, indeed, to any kind of business. I now can assure you, that I am perfectly clear in the remembrance that the map we used in tracing the boundary, was brought to the treaty by the commissioners from England, and that it was the same that was published by Mitchell above twenty years before. Having a copy of that map by me in loose sheets, I send you that sheet which contains the Bay of Passamaquoddy, where you will see that part of the boundary traced. I remember, too, that in that part of the boundary we relied much on the opinion of Mr. Adams, who had been concerned in some former disputes concerning those territories. I think, therefore, that you may obtain still further light from him. That the map we used was Mitchell's map, Congress were acquainted at the time, by a letter to their Secretary for Foreign Affairs, which I suppose may be found upon their files. I have the honor to be, &c., B. FRANKLIN. INDEXES. No. I. LIST OF THE AUTHOR'S WRITINGS, CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. This list comprises the titles of Franklin's miscellaneous writings. They are arranged under the years in which they were written or printed. In some instances the dates could not be ascertained with precision. To the titles of such pieces this mark (†) is prefixed. In a few of these instances the nature of the subject, or the matter, points nearly to the time; in others the arrangement is conjectural. Articles not contained in any previous edition of the author's works are denoted by a (*); and to such as have not before been printed this mark (†) is prefixed. Rules for a Club established for Mutual Improvement II. 9 1729. II. 13 The Busy Body * A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of New Translation of the Lord's Prayer *Lecture on the Providence of God in the Govern I. 77 II. 525 II. 532 LL* II. 80 II. 82 II. 85 II. 278 Necessary Hints to those that would be Rich The Way to make Money Plenty in every Man's * Address to the Readers of Poor Richard's Almanac *Proposal for promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America. 1744. *Organization of a Philosophical Society . VI. 14 Conjecture as to the Cause why Ships in crossing the Atlantic have longer Passages in sailing westward, than in sailing eastward 1747. Vol. Page. VI. 74 *Plain Truth; or Serious Considerations on the pres- III. 1 VI. 79 . VI. 83 VI. 87 A Conjecture as to the Cause of the Heat of the Blood in Health, and of the Cold and Hot Fits of some Fevers VI. 97 First Letter to Peter Collinson on the Subject of Electricity; Wonderful Effect of Points; Positive and Negative Electricity V. 181 Observations on the Leyden Bottle, with Experiments V. 189 Observations and Suppositions towards forming a new of Thunder-gusts 1749. Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania Sketch of an English School, for the Consideration of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Academy Magical Square of Squares Magical Circle 1750. V. 211 Electrical Experiments; Effect of Lightning on the Needle of Compasses explained Opinions and Conjectures concerning the Properties and Effects of the Electrical Matter, and the V. 223 Additional Experiments in Electricity Account of an Accident while making an Electrical Experiment Reasons why Northeast Storms begin at the South Electrical Papers and Experiments Inquiries respecting the Mode of planting Hedges 1751. Vol. Page. V. 227 V. 253 Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, and the peopling of Countries Unlimited Nature of Electric Force Queries and Answers on the Properties of Electricity. 1752. II. 311 V. 258 V. 259 VI. 112 Observations on Electricity, and the Sources and Prop- Reasons for supposing that a Glass Globe charges positively and a Sulphur Globe negatively Supposition of a Region of Electric Fire above the Atmosphere; Theorem concerning Light Electrical Kite Concerning the Smallpox in Philadelphia and Suppositions 1753. On the Mode of Coating Electrical Jars. An Account of various Electrical Experiments, with Remarks and Explanations On the Motion of the Electrical Fluid in Metals Water-Spouts and Whirlwinds Compared Transit of Mercury in 1753. Properties of Water |