Vol. Page.

1777.

Comparison of Great Britain and the United States in
Regard to the Basis of Credit in the Two
Countries

A Dialogue between Britain, France, Spain, Holland,
Saxony, and America

A Catechism on the National Debt

II. 426

V. 116

V. 120

1778.

The Ephemera; an Emblem of Human Life

II. 177

An Attempt to Explain the Effects of Lightning on a

† A Petition of the Left Hand to those who have the Superintendency of Education.

II. 183

Passports for Moravian Vessels, and for Captain Cook
On the Aurora Borealis .

H. 193

†To Madame Helvétius .

+To the Abbé de la Roche

To the Abbé Morellet.

† An Economical Project

Method of constructing a Slowly Sensible Hygrometer VI. 426

Proposed New Version of a Part of the First Chapter

On the long Retention of Infection in Dead Bodies.

1782.

Vol. Page.

A pologue

Observations on War

Supplement to the Boston Chronicle

An Account of Toads found enclosed in Solid Stone

On the Theory of the Earth

1783.

+Reflections on the Augmentation of Wages, which will be occasioned in Europe by the American Revolution

An Electrical Experiment

On a Shock by the Electric Bottle, and the Density of Glass

II. 435

V. 477

V. 478

On a patent Electrical Machine, and the Effects of
Lightning on the Eyes of Animals killed by it.

V. 479

Remarks concerning the Savages of North America
Internal State of America, being a true Description of

the Interest and Policy of that vast Continent
Information to those who would remove to America
On Balloons and their probable Importance
Fire supposed to exist in the State of a Subtile Fluid
Meteorological Imaginations and Conjectures
*Loose Thoughts on a Universal Fluid

1785.

Extracts from a Private Journal

.

On the Criminal Laws, and the Practice of Privateering II. 478 On the Elective Franchises enjoyed by the Small Boroughs in England

Effect of an Electrical Shock.

Clock with Three Wheels; Gravitation in Bodies
Improvements in Navigation; Observations on the Con-

struction of Vessels; Means of preserving them
from Accidents at Sea; Methods of giving Motion
to Boats

VI. 461

VI. 463

VI. 505

On the Causes and Cure of Smoky Chimneys
Description of a New Stove for burning Pitcoal, and

On the Effects of Lead upon the Human Constitution
On Thermometers

1787.

VI. 562

VI. 564

. VI. 567

Proposals for Consideration in the Convention for form-
ing the Constitution of the United States
Speech in the Convention; on the Subject of Salaries
Speech in a Committee of the Convention; on the
Proportion of Representation and Votes

Motion for Prayers in the Convention

Speech in the Convention at the Conclusion of its De-
liberations

On the Utility of Electrical Conductors

On Balloons; Pigeons killed by Lightning

Comparison of the Conduct of the Ancient Jews and

the Antifederalists in the United States of America V. 158
Queries and Conjectures relating to Magnetism and the

† Description of the Process to be observed in making
large Sheets of Paper in he Chinese Manner,
with one smooth Surface .

VI. 577

II 133

II. 159

II. 508

II. 513

Observations relative to the Intentions of the Original
Founders of the Academy in Philadelphia .
Hints for Consideration respecting the Orphan School-
house in Philadelphia

An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in
Pennsylvania, viz. the Court of the Press
Plan for improving the Condition of the Free Blacks
Address to the Public from the Pennsylvania Society
for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the
Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in
Bondage

II. 515

No. II.

LETTERS WRITTEN BY FRANKLIN TO INDIVIDUALS AND
PUBLIC BODIES.

The names of the persons, to whom letters are addressed, are arranged alpha
betically. The date of each letter is inserted, with a reference to the volume
and page in which it may be found. Letters which have heretofore been
printed, but not published in any previous edition of the author's writings,
are denoted by a star ("). To letters, which have not before been printed,
this mark (†) is prefixed.