afro 1978.

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.)

1783.

To Charles J. Fox. 5 September.

To David Hartley. 6 September.

Mr. Fox. American People.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 7 September.

On the future Establishment of her Children.

To David Hartley. 7 September.

To John Jay. 10 September. .

Quotes a Letter from America containing false Reports.-

Appeals to Mr. Jay to refute them.

From John Jay to B. Franklin. 11 September.

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.

Treaty of Peace. Depreciating Currency. False

Charges of his Enemies.

From John Adams to B. Franklin.

13 September.

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

Balloons.

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Kmses.

To the President of Congress 13 September. 1783.
Relations with Murscon - Furtaya - Ligi
From David Hartley to B. Frack 24 September.
Concerning a Treaty of Commerce wa Engin
To the President of Congress. 27 September.
Enclosing a Copy of the Defive Treaty.
2 Osober..

To Sir Edward Newenhamn.

Dungannon Resoictions - Trade between Ireland and
America.

To Thomas Brand Hos. 5 October.

Eulogium of Thomas Holis

From the Count de Brubl to B. Fr. 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 Pow-
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..

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Dr. Franklin requests of Congress to be recalled from
France.

To Henry Laurens. 13 May, 1784.

To Charles Thomson. 13 May.

Ratification of the Definitive Treaty.

To Mr. and Mrs. Jay. 13 May.

From Francis Hopkinson to B. Franklin. 24 May.

American Philosophical Society. Defects in the usual

Methods of Teaching Languages. - Balloons.

From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 1 June.

Defects of Form in ratifying the Treaty.

To David Hartley. 2 June.

To the Count de Campomanes. 5 June..

Answer to Mr. Hartley's Objections to the Form of the

Ratification of the Treaty.

To the President of Congress.

Franklin's Writings.- Power of an Individual to do Good.

-Two erroneous Opinions injurious to national Felicity.-

Hereditary Descents.

From Thomas Jefferson to B. Franklin. 19 June.

From William Carmichael to B. Franklin. 9 July.

From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 12 July.

16 June..

Definitive Treaty ratified.-Jay and Laurens.-The Mar-

quis de Lafayette.

To Thomas Percival. 17 July.

Remarks on Duelling.

To Messrs. Weems and Gant. 18 July.

To Benjamin Vaughan. 26 July.

Dr. Price's Pamphlet on the American Revolution. - Let-
ter from M. Turgot.

From Benjamin Harrison to B. Franklin. 27 July.

From Count de Campomanes to B. Franklin. 26 July. .
Remarks on Dr. Franklin's Writings. - His Discoveries. —
Laws in Spain. - Royal Academy of History.

Ordination of American Clergymen of the Episcopal Church.

Restraints on Commerce.- Cook's Voyages. - Dr. Price's

Pamphlet.- Luxury.

Requesting him to engage an Artist for executing a Statue

of General Washington.

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To Count de Mercy Argenteau. 30 July.

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From Count de Mercy Argenteau to B. Franklin. 30 July. 119