Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1840, by

HILLIARD, GRAY & CO.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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.

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.

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Treaty of Peace. - Depreciating Currency. False

Charges of his Enemies.

From John Adams to B. Franklin. 13 September.

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3

5

6

12

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

Balloons.

.

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.

18

To the President of Congress. 27 September.

Enclosing a Copy of the Definitive Treaty.

19

From Samuel Cooper to B. Franklin. 16 October..

Impost of Five per Cent agreed to by the Legislature of

Massachusetts.

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

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Ascent of a Balloon.

15 December.

15 December.

From Giacomo F. Crocco to B. Franklin. 25 November.
From Sir Joseph Banks to B. Franklin. 28 November..

To William Carmichael.

Proposed Treaty with Morocco.

To Giacomo Francesco Crocco.

To the President of Congress.

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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.

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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.

To the President of Congress. 26 December, 1783.

Recommending Mr. Hodgson as Consul in London.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 26 December.

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51

1784.

To John Jay. 6 January..

To Samuel Chase. 6 January

To David Hartley. 7 January.

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53

55

56

58

Hereditary Nobility. De-

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Change in Administration. — Hereditary Officers of State.

From Charles Thomson to B. Franklin. 15 January.

Treaty of Peace ratified by Congress.

To Mrs. Sarah Bache. 26 January.

Order of the Cincinnati.

scending Honors.

From William Strahan to B. Franklin. 1 February.

Urging Dr. Franklin to visit England.

To Henry Laurens. 12 February.

Remarks on the British Government.

To William Strahan. 16 February.

Political Disorders in England.

To Benjamin Vaughan. March.

From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 2 March.

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70

From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 6 April.

77

The Royal Society. - Political Affairs in England. — Dr.

Price's Design to write concerning the United States.

Cotton Mather. - Biographical Anecdotes.

To the President of Congress. 12 May.

Commerce with the British and French Colonies.

82

85

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.

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

Ratification of the Treaty.

To the Count de Campomanes. 5 June..

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

-Two erroneous Opinions injurious to national Felicity.-

Hereditary Descents.

To the President of Congress. 16 June. .

Definitive Treaty ratified.—Jay and Laurens.

quis de Lafayette.

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100

The Mar-

From Thomas Jefferson to B. Franklin. 19 June.

From William Carmichael to B. Franklin. 9 July..

From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 12 July.

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Dr. Price's Pamphlet on the American Revolution. — Let-

ter from M. Turgot.

To Thomas Percival. 17 July.

Remarks on Duelling.

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

Pamphlet. Luxury.

114

From Count de Campomanes to B. Franklin. 26 July..

Remarks on Dr. Franklin's Writings. — His Discoveries.

Laws in Spain. - Royal Academy of History.

From Benjamin Harrison to B. Franklin. 27 July.

Requesting him to engage an Artist for executing a Statue

of General Washington.

To Count de Mercy Argenteau. 30 July.

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