the Treaty. Independence, Boundaries, Fisheries.

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Attempts

of the British Ministry to secure the Indemnification of the Loy.

alists. Mr. Adams joins his Colleagues and resists the British

Claims. Franklin proposes an Article for Indemnifying the

Americans for their Losses during the War. - British Claims

relinquished. Treaty signed. Ratified by Congress.

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CHAPTER XIV.

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Treaty signed without the Knowledge of the Court of France. -

-Count de Vergennes's Opinion of the Treaty. - Unfounded Sus-

picions.- Rayneval and Marbois. - Franklin's Explanation of the

Grounds upon which he acted. - False Rumor concerning his Ex-

ertions in obtaining the Boundaries and Fisheries.- His Financial

Contract with Count de Vergennes.- Negotiates a Treaty with

Sweden. Mr. Hartley. Definitive Treaty of Peace signed.—

Franklin's Sentiments on this Occasion. - Animal Magnetism.—

Negotiations. His Request to be recalled is finally granted by

Congress.-Treaty with Prussia. -Franklin prepares to return

Home.-Journey from Passy to Havre de Grace. - Sails from

Southampton and arrives in Philadelphia.

CHAPTER XV.

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Receives congratulatory Letters and Addresses. - Chosen President

of Pennsylvania, and holds the Office three Years. — His private

Circumstances.-Appointed a Delegate to the Convention for

Framing the Constitution of the United States. - His Speeches in

the Convention. His Religious Opinions. Extracts from Dr.

Cutler's Journal describing an Interview with him. - President of

the Society for Political Inquiries. - Neglect of Congress to exam-

ine and settle his Accounts.- Various Pieces written by him dur-

ing the last Year of his Life. His Illness and Death.- Funeral

Ceremonies. Tribute of Respect paid to him by Congress and

other Public Bodies. - Conclusion.

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489

511

APPENDIX.

I. Remarks on the Origin and Genealogy of the Franklin Family, 539

II Journal of a Voyage from London to Philadelphia,

547

III. Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania,

VII. Proceedings of Congress, and of the National Assembly of

France, on the Death of Franklin,

VOLUME II.

Page

ESSAYS ON RELIGIOUS AND MORAL SUBJECTS AND THE ECON-

OMY OF LIFE,

1

BAGATELLES,

164

ESSAYS ON GENERAL POLITICS, COMMERCE, AND POLITICAL

ECONOMY,

SUPPLEMENT,

251

523

VOLUME III.

ESSAYS AND TRACTS, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, BEFORE THE

AMERICAN REVolution,

1

105

AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION AND

GOVERNMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA,

VOLUME IV.

ESSAYS AND TRACTS, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL, BEFORE THE

AMERICAN REVOLUTION, CONTInued.

I. Watson's Abstract of Franklin's Electrical Experiments and

Observations,

II. Letter from the Abbé Nollet to Benjamin Franklin,

III. Speech of the Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal

Society, on the Occasion of awarding to Franklin a Medal

for his Discoveries in Electricity,

IV Letter from John Baptist Beccaria to Benjamin Franklin,

V. Letter from Professor Thorbern Bergman, of Upsal, to Ben-

VI. Letter from M. Dubourg to M. de Lor. Parallel between

the Theories of Franklin and Nollet,

1

171

487

493

499

505

513

514

VOLUME VI.

LETTERS AND PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS.

VOLUME VII.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PART FIRST; COMPRISING PRIVATE LETTERS TO THE TIME OF

THE AUTHOR'S FIRST MISSION TO ENGLAND. 1725-1757.

PART SECOND; COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL,

FROM THE TIME OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST MISSION TO ENG-

LAND, TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

1757-1775.

147

PART THIRD; COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL,

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, TO

the End of tHE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO FRANCE.

1785.

APPENDIX.

1775-

I. A Fragment of Polybius; from his Treatise on the Athenian

Government,

II. Memoir of Sir John Dalrymple; or a Project of Lord Roch-

ford to prevent the War,

151

543

547

238

VOLUME X.

CORRESPONDENCE.

1

215

427

PART THIRD, CONTINUED,

PART FOURTH; COMPRISING PRIVATE LETTERS FROM THE

TERMINATION OF THE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO FRANCE, TO

THE END OF HIS LIFE. 1785-1790.

SUPPLEMENT, .

INDEXES.

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

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

III. Letters addressed to Franklin by various Persons,

IV. Miscellaneous Letters,

V. General Index,

449

464

476

481

485

9. Electrical Apparatus, (Plate III.)

7. Electrical Apparatus, (Plate I.)

8. Electrical Air-Thermometer, (Plate II.)

10. Electrical Apparatus, (Plate IV.)

11. Pennsylvania Fireplace, (Plate V.)

12. Profile of the Pennsylvania Chimney and Fireplace.—Stafford

shire Fireplace. (Plate VI.)

13. Magical Squares, (Plate VII.)

14. Magical Circle, (Plate VIII.)

15. Waterspout, (Plate IX.)

16. Armonica, (Plate X.)

17. Aurora Borealis, &c., (Plate XI.)

104

156

248

420

XIV.)

18. Improvements in Navigation, (Plate XII.)

19. Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, exhibiting the Course of the Gulf Stream, &c., (Plate XIII.)

20. Illustrating the Causes and Cure of Smoky Chimneys, (Plate

21. Stove for burning Pit-coal, (Plate XV.)

22. Portrait of Mrs. Franklin,

Frontispiece, VII.

VOL. I.

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