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TO

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:

CHARLES TAPPAN, PUBLISHER.

LOUISVILLE, KY.:

ALSTON MYGATT.

1844.

KF14870

HARVARD

UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

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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afer 1977

CONTENTS

OF

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.)

1783.

To Charles J. Fox. 5 September.

To David Hartley. 6 September.

Mr. Fox. American People.

On the future Establishment of her Children.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 7 September.

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.

From John Adams to B. Franklin. 13 September.

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

Balloons.

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To the President of Congress. 13 September, 1783. . 15

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.

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From the Count de Bruhl to B. Franklin.

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.

10 October.

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To David Hartley. 22 October.

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To the President of Congress. 1 November.

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

tugal.

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

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

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Ascent of a Balloon.

To William Carmichael. 15 December.

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Proposed Treaty with Morocco.

To Giacomo Francesco Crocco. 15 December.

To the President of Congress. 25 December.

American Commissioners. Signing of the Definitive Trea-

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ties. British Court.

Paul Jones.

American Constitutions published

in the French Language.—Treaties with European Pow-

ers.

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.

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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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