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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.

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Rules for a Club established for Mutual Improvement II. 9

1729.

II. 13

The Busy Body

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Necessary Hints to those that would be Rich

The Way to make Money Plenty in every Man's
Pocket

* Address to the Readers of Poor Richard's Almanac
On Government

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1744.

*Organization of a Philosophical Society

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1747.

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*Plain Truth; or Serious Considerations on the pres-
ent State of the City of Philadelphia and Province
of Pennsylvania
Northeast Storms; Origin of Springs in Mountains;
petrified Shells in the Appalachian Mountains;

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A Conjecture as to the Cause of the Heat of the Blood in Health, and of the Cold and Hot Fits of some Fevers

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First Letter to Peter Collinson on the Subject of Electricity; Wonderful Effect of Points; Positive and Negative Electricity

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Observations and Suppositions towards forming a new
Hypothesis for explaining the several Phenomena

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

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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

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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.

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Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, and

the peopling of Countries

Unlimited Nature of Electric Force

Queries and Answers on the Properties of Electricity.
Remarks on Husbandry

1752.

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Observations on Electricity, and the Sources and Prop-
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Probable Causes of the different Attractions and Re-

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Reasons for supposing that a Glass Globe charges positively and a Sulphur Globe negatively

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Concerning the Smallpox in Philadelphia
Remarks on Mr. Colden's Theory of Light
Physical and Meteorological Observations, Conjectures,

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
Concerning the Light emitted by Salt Water

Water-Spouts and Whirlwinds Compared

Transit of Mercury in 1753.

Properties of Water

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