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

Ν Ο Τ Ε S

AND

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

By JARED SPARKS.

VOLUME I.

BOSTON:

HILLIARD GRAY, AND COMPANY.

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.