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 VII. BOSTON: TAPPAN & WHITTEMORE. A. WHITTEMORE & CO., MILWAUKIE, WIS. US 4532.31.7 MARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, by HILLIARD, GRAY, AND Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. BOSTON: PERS8 DT GEORGE O. BAND, CORNHILL. Apprehensions of an Attack from the Enemy.-Schemes of Defence. He applies for Cannon from New York. From R. Peters to John and Richard Penn. 29 Nov. Origin of the Association for the Defence of the Province, and the Part taken by Franklin in forming it. |