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.
WHITTEMORE & SAXTON, CHILLICOTHE. OHIO.

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MARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM THE LIBR..RY OF
ERNEST LEWIS GAY
JUNE 15, 1927

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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:

PRESS OF GEORGE O. BAND,

CORNHILL.

CONTENTS

VOLUME SEVENTH.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PART FIRST;

COMPRISING PRIVATE LETTERS TO THE TIME OF THE

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

To Sir Hans Sloane. 2 June.

OF

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Offering a Purse made of Asbestos.

1726-7.

To Miss Jane Franklin. 6 January.

To Mrs. Sarah Davenport.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom.

1725.

1731.

19 June.

Family Afflictions. Singular Instance of Mortality.

1738.

Religious Opinions and Practice.-Freemasons.

Freemason

Condition of Apprentices, and Habits of Boys.

1744.

To Josiah and Abiah Franklin. 6 September.

Remedies for the Stone and Gravel.

1745.

To John Franklin.

Humorous Remarks on the Expedition against Cape Breton.

To James Read. 17 August.

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1747.

To Cadwallader Colden. 1 October.

To Cadwallader Colden. 27 November.

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.

From James Logan to B. Franklin. 3 December.

To James Logan. 4 December.

Fortifications on the Delaware River.

1748.

To Cadwallader Colden. 27 January.

Procuring Cannon for Defence.- Sale of Books.

of Mr. Colden's "History of the Five Nations."

To James Logan. 27 January. .

To James Logan. 30 January.

To James Logan. 6 April.

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Cannon from Boston.-Insurance on Lottery Tickets.

Botanist.

To James Logan. 30 October.

To Cadwallader Colden. 29 September.

Progress in the Erection of Batteries.— Diligence of the

People in attending Military Exercises.

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1749.

7 September.

To Mrs. Abiah Franklin.

Family Incidents.

To Mrs. Abiah Franklin. 16 October.

Yellow Fever in Philadelphia.

Plans for retiring from Business and declining Public Em-
ployment.-Governor Shirley.-Peter Kalm, the Swedish

Opinion

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Particulars respecting Peter Kalm.-Mr. Sandin, a Swe-

dish Missionary.