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PART FOURTH;
COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL, FROM
THE TERMINATION OF THE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO
FRANCE TO THE END OF HIS LIFE. 1785-1790.
1785.
To Benjamin Vaughan. 24 July.
217
From Jonathan Shipley to B. Franklin. 24 July.
218
To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 26 July.
219
From Miss Catherine Louisa Shipley to B. Franklin. 2 Aug. 219
221
222
From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 24 August.
To John Jay. 19 September.
Giving Information of his Return to the United States.
Court of France.
To George Washington. 20 September.
Introducing M. Houdon, the Artist.
To William Greene and Mrs. Greene.
20 September.
From M. de Marbois to B. Franklin. 21 September.
Congratulates him on his Return to America.
To John Jay and Mrs. Jay. 21 September.
228
From George Washington to B. Franklin. 25 September. 227
From George Washington to B. Franklin. 26 September.
From John Jay to B. Franklin. 4 October.
From M. Le Veillard to B. Franklin. 9 October. .
Rumor of Dr. Franklin's being captured by the Algerines.
- Cardinal Rohan and the Diamond Necklace.
moiselle Brillon.
230
Made-
From John Fitch to B. Franklin. 12 October.
232
Concerning a new Steamboat.
From Gaetano Filangieri to B. Franklin. 24 October.
Sending Dr. Franklin a Copy of his Work on Legislation.
From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 5 November..
237
To John Bard and Mrs. Bard. 14 November, 1785.
To Mathon de la Cour. 18 November.
To Edward Bancroft. 26 November.
Proposed new Edition of Dr. Franklin's Writings. From Jonathan Shipley to B. Franklin. 27 November. .
1786.
To James Bowdoin. 1 January.
239
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242
243
Dr. Jeffries's aërial Voyage from England to France.
From the Duke de la Rochefoucauld to B. Franklin. 8 Feb. 245
From the Marquis de Lafayette to B. Franklin. 10 Feb.
Tour in Germany. Prussia.
ularies for the Empress of Russia.
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- Austria. Indian Vocab-
To Jonathan Shipley. 24 February.
Progress of the Government in the United States. - Do-
mestic Circumstances.
To M. le Veillard. 6 March.
Flourishing State of America. - Cardinal de Rohan.
247
249
253
Humorous Account of a Letter received from her. - His
Occupations and Amusements.
To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 30 May.
259
From William Cocke to B. Franklin. 15 June.
260
Concerning a new State called Franklin.
To Noah Webster. 18 June.
261
On a Reformed Alphabet.
From the Marquis de Chastellux to B. Franklin. 21 June. 262
Name and Condition of the new State of Franklin.
From John Coakley Lettsom to B. Franklin. 14 August. 267
Memoirs of Dr. Fothergill. Plan for Discoveries in
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From M. Durival to Mr. Grand. 30 August, 1786.
269
From M. Durival to Mr. Grand.
5 September.
270
271
272
273
From Mr. Grand to B. Franklin. 9 September.
10 September.
From Mr. Grand to B. Franklin. 12 September.
From Thomas Percival to B. Franklin. 27 October.
Influence of Manufacturing Establishments on the Purity
of the Air.-Priestley, Kippis, Price.
To William Hunter. 24 November. .
Condition of America.
From M. de Saussure to B. Franklin. 17 December. . 278
Travels in the Alps. Account of the first Ascent to the
Summit of Mont Blanc by M. Paccard, and M. de Saus-
sure's unsuccessful Attempt.
To Thomas Paine.
281
Dissuading him from publishing a Work of an irreligious
Tendency.
1787.
From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 26 January.
283
From John Adams to B. Franklin. 27 January.
284
Sending a Copy of his Work on the Constitutions and
Government of the United States.
Concerning a Million of Livres given by the King of
France.
To Alexander Small. 19 February..
287
Book of Common Prayer. - England. - Refugees.
From John Sevier to B. Franklin. 9 April.
Concerning the new State of Franklin.
To M. Le Veillard. 15 April.
To the Duke de la Rochefoucauld. 15 April. .
Reply to his Congratulations. - United States.
tutions of the States. Introduces Thomas Paine.
To the Marquis de Chastellux. 17 April.
His Journal of Travels. Assembly of Notables.
To Messrs. the Abbés Chalut and Arnaud. 17 April.
To the Marquis de Lafayette. 17 April, 1787.
Attempts of the Enemies of America to disparage that
Country. Constitutions of the States. Indian Vocabu-
laries.
To the Abbé Morellet. 22 April.
Personal Circumstances.- Freedom of Commerce.
dition of the United States.
From Mather Byles to B. Franklin. 14 May.
To Thomas Jordan. 18 May.
298
300
· Commercial Treaty.— Scheme for
308
Reminiscences of his Friends.
To George Whatley. 18 May.
United States Bank.
Coining. Dr. Riley.
From Count de Campomanes to B. Franklin. 24 May.
American Philosophical Society. - Spanish and Arabic
Dictionary.
From Thomas Paine to B. Franklin. 22 June.
Journey in France. - Paris. Fireworks. Model of a
Bridge.
From Count de Buffon to B. Franklin. 18 July. From the Abbé Morellet to B. Franklin. 31 July.
Reminiscences. - Commercial Regulations, as to Imposts
and Taxation.- Affairs in France. - Madame Helvetius.-
Paine's Model of an Iron Bridge.
From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 26 September.
Society for abolishing the Slave Trade. - Spirit of Liberty
beginning to prevail in Europe as a Consequence of the
American War.
To Alexander Small. 28 September.
320
323
American Taxation. — Abridged Liturgy. — American Loy- alists.
Disorders in Holland. - Projected Conquest of Turkey.
To the Printer of the Evening Herald.
Justification of the State of Massachusetts, against certain
Censures in the British Papers.
1788.
To Mather Byles. 1 January.
Electrical Points and Electricity.
From Alexander Small to B. Franklin. 2 January.
Affairs in England. - American Tories.
330
331
Wars in Europe. - Russia and Turkey. - Public Credit in
the United States.
To M. Le Veillard. 17 February.
336
Dr. Franklin's Memoirs of his own Life. - New Constitu-
tion of the United States.
Restrictions on Trade. -
Paper Money.
To the Editors of the Pennsylvania Gazette. 30 March.
On the Abuse of the Press.
339
From Thomas Pownall to B. Franklin. 8 April.
342
Political Condition of the Swiss Cantons. Constitution
of the United States.
To M. Le Veillard. 22 April.
345
New Constitution. Custom-House Duties.
To John Lathrop. 31 May.
347
Attachment to his early Friends and the Associations of
his Youth. Growing Felicity of Mankind by Improve-
ments in Philosophy.
Constitution of the United States. - Principles of Trade.-
Commercial Dictionary.
From M. de Condorcet to B. Franklin. 8 July.
353
Constitution of the United States.- Affairs in France.
From the Duke de la Rochefoucauld to B. Franklin. 12 July. 354
Constitution of the United States. - Washington.- Politi-
cal Condition of France.
From Charlotte Filangieri to B. Franklin. 27 September. 359
To the Duke de la Rochefoucauld. 22 October.