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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 IV.

REVISED EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

CHILDS & PETERSON, 602 ARCH ST.

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.

ESSAYS AND TRACTS,

HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL,

BEFORE

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

(CONTINUED.)