To Benjamin Vaughan. 24 October, 1788. .

364

Memoirs of his Life. -Turkish War. - Price and Priest-

ley. - Heresy.

To Charles Thomson. 29 November.

Dr. Franklin's Public Services.

To the President of Congress. 29 November.

Requesting a Settlement of his Accounts.

From Miss Catherine L. Shipley to B. Franklin. 24 Dec. 379

On the Death of her Father, the Bishop of St. Asaph.

366

368

375

Death of the Bishop of St. Asaph.— Dr. Rush. — Federal

Constitution.Affairs in England.

To the Abbé Morellet. 30 December.

382

1789.

To Alexander Small. 17 February.

To Mrs. Catherine Greene. 2 March.

From M. Le Veillard to B. Franklin. 25 April.

State of Affairs in France. - Duke of Orleans.

To Miss Catherine Louisa Shipley. 27 April.

On the Death of her Father.

To Charles Carroll. 25 May.

To Richard Price. 31 May.

Reflections on Life and Death.

To Benjamin Vaughan. 3 June.

Relative to the Memoirs of his Life.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 3 August.

To George Washington. 16 September. .

From George Washington to B. Franklin. 23 September. 396

To Benjamin Vaughan. 2 November.

Memoirs of his Life.- Rules for Composition. - Congress.

-

- Parable against Persecution.

To John Wright. 4 November.

United States. Abolition of the Slave Trade.

-

From the Princess of Daschkoff to B. Franklin. 4 Nov.

Giving him Notice of his having been chosen a Member

of the Imperial Academy of Sciences.

-

Convulsions in France. Great Britain and the United

States.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 17 December.

To Noah Webster. 26 December.

On the English Language. — Improper Use of certain

Words in America. Universality of the French Lan-

guage. Improvements in Printing.

411

412

From John Paul Jones to B. Franklin. 27 December. 419

On his leaving the Employment of the Empress of Russia.

Construction of the Treaty of Commerce between France

and the United States.

From Ezra Stiles to B. Franklin. 28 January.

421

Requesting a Portrait of Dr. Franklin før Yale College. -

Inquiry respecting his religious Sentiments.

Consents to have his Portrait taken. - Explains his Senti-

ments on religious Subjects.

-

Petition of the First Congress presented to the King and

Parliament. Manner in which it was received. - Lord

Camden. · Lord Chatham's Speech and Plan of Concilia-

tion.

435

1784.

To Charles Thomson. 31 March.

Concerning the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace.

To Charles Thomson. 16 April.

French Alliance.-Treaties with Foreign Powers.

- British Ministry. - Public Funds.

-

Projects and Plans by Persons in Europe for the Consid-

eration of Congress.- King of Sweden.

1786.

To Charles Thomson. 18 June.

443

Respecting a Million of Livres in the Account of the Amer-

ican Banker in France.

1787.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 20 September.

444

Attendance in the Convention. - Disapprobation of War.

I. List of the Author's Writings, chronologically arranged

II. Letters written by Franklin to Individuals and Public Bodies 464

III. Letters addressed to Franklin by various Persons .

449

CORRESPONDENCE,

PART THIRD;

COMPRISING

LETTERS PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL

FROM

THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

ΤΟ

THE END OF THE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO FRANCE.

1775-1785.

(CONTINUED.)