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PART FOURTH;
COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL, FROM
THE TERMINATION OF THE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO
FRANCE TO THE END OF HIS LIFE. 1785-1790.
1785.
To Benjamin Vaughan. 24 July.
217
From Jonathan Shipley to B. Franklin. 24 July.
218
To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 26 July.
219
From Miss Catherine Louisa Shipley to B. Franklin. 2 Aug. 219
From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 24 August.
To John Jay. 19 September.
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222
Giving Information of his Return to the United States.
Court of France.
To George Washington. 20 September.
Introducing M. Houdon, the Artist.
To William Greene and Mrs. Greene.
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20 September.
From M. de Marbois to B. Franklin. 21 September.
Congratulates him on his Return to America.
226
To John Jay and Mrs. Jay. 21 September.
From George Washington to B. Franklin. 25 September. 227
From George Washington to B. Franklin. 26 September. 228
From John Jay to B. Franklin. 4 October.
228
230
From M. Le Veillard to B. Franklin. 9 October.
Rumor of Dr. Franklin's being captured by the Algerines.
-Cardinal Rohan and the Diamond Necklace.
moiselle Brillon.
- Made-
From John Fitch to B. Franklin. 12 October.
Concerning a new Steamboat.
From Gaetano Filangieri to B. Franklin. 24 October.
Sending Dr. Franklin a Copy of his Work on Legislation.
To David Hartley. 27 October.
State of America.
To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 30 October.
From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 5 November..
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225
232
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237
To John Bard and Mrs. Bard.
To Mathon de la Cour.
18 November.
To Edward Bancroft. 26 November.
Proposed new Edition of Dr. Franklin's Writings.
From Jonathan Shipley to B. Franklin. 27 November..
1786.
14 November, 1785.
To M. le Veillard. 6 March.
Flourishing State of America.
To James Bowdoin. 1 January.
Dr. Jeffries's aërial Voyage from England to France.
From the Duke de la Rochefoucauld to B. Franklin. 8 Feb. 245
From the Marquis de Lafayette to B. Franklin. 10 Feb.
Tour in Germany. Prussia.
247
Austria.
Indian Vocab-
ularies for the Empress of Russia.
To Jonathan Shipley. 24 February.
To Benjamin Rush. March.
To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 6 May.
To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 4 July.
On Bad Spelling.
To Mr. Grand. 11 July.
Progress of the Government in the United States.-Do-
mestic Circumstances.
To William Cocke. 12 August.
To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 30 May.
From William Cocke to B. Franklin. 15 June.
Concerning a new State called Franklin.
-Cardinal de Rohan.
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Humorous Account of a Letter received from her. - His
Occupations and Amusements.
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Name and Condition of the new State of Franklin.
Making Inquiry respecting a Million of Livres advanced by the French Government.
To Noah Webster. 18 June.
On a Reformed Alphabet.
From the Marquis de Chastellux to B. Franklin. 21 June. 262
Chastellux's Travels in America. His Translation of
Humphrey's Poem.
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240
242
243
249
253
255
256
259
260
261
264
265
266
From John Coakley Lettsom to B. Franklin. 14 August. 267 Memoirs of Dr. Fothergill. Plan for Discoveries in Natural History.-Cultivation of Rhubarb.
From M. Durival to Mr. Grand. 30 August, 1786.
5 September.
9 September.
From M. Durival to Mr. Grand.
From Mr. Grand to B. Franklin.
From Mr. Grand to B. Franklin. 12 September.
From Thomas Percival to B. Franklin.
10 September.
To William Hunter.
27 October.
Influence of Manufacturing Establishments on the Purity
of the Air.-Priestley, Kippis, Price.
24 November. .
Condition of America.
From M. de Saussure to B. Franklin.
17 December.
Travels in the Alps. -Account of the first Ascent to the
Summit of Mont Blanc by M. Paccard, and M. de Saus-
sure's unsuccessful Attempt.
To Thomas Paine.
Dissuading him from publishing a Work of an irreligious
Tendency.
To Charles Thomson. 27 January.
1787.
From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 26 January.
From John Adams to B. Franklin. 27 January.
Sending a Copy of his Work on the Constitutions and
Government of the United States.
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To Alexander Small. 19 February.
Book of Common Prayer. England. - Refugees.
Concerning a Million of Livres given by the King of
France.
To Nevil Maskelyne. 29 March.
From John Sevier to B. Franklin. 9 April.
Concerning the new State of Franklin.
To M. Le Veillard. 15 April.
To the Duke de la Rochefoucauld. 15 April..
To the Marquis de Chastellux. 17 April.
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His Journal of Travels. - Assembly of Notables. 'To Messrs. the Abbés Chalut and Arnaud. 17 April.
Reply to his Congratulations. United States. - Consti-
tutions of the States. Introduces Thomas Paine.
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272
273
276
278
281
283
284
285
287
289
290
292
293
296
297
To the Marquis de Lafayette. 17 April, 1787.
Attempts of the Enemies of America to disparage that
Country. Constitutions of the States. Indian Vocabu- laries.
To the Abbé Morellet. 22 April.
Personal Circumstances. - Freedom of Commerce.
dition of the United States.
From Mather Byles to B. Franklin. 14 May.
To Thomas Jordan. 18 May.
Reminiscences of his Friends.
To George Whatley. 18 May.
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United States Bank. - Commercial Treaty. Scheme for
Coining. Dr. Riley.
From Thomas Paine to B. Franklin. 22 June.
To Alexander Small. 28 September.
Journey in France. Paris. Fireworks. Model of a
Bridge.
To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 4 November.
To Count de Buffon. 19 November.
To
From Count de Campomanes to B. Franklin. 24 May.. 308
American Philosophical Society. Spanish and Arabic
Dictionary.
To the Printer of the Evening Herald.
From Count de Buffon to B. Franklin. 18 July.
From the Abbé Morellet to B. Franklin. 31 July.
Reminiscences.-Commercial Regulations, as to Imposts
and Taxation.- Affairs in France. - Madame Helvetius.-
Paine's Model of an Iron Bridge.
From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 26 September.
Society for abolishing the Slave Trade. Spirit of Liberty
beginning to prevail in Europe as a Consequence of the
American War.
15 December.
Disorders in Holland. - Projected Conquest of Turkey.
American Taxation.— Abridged Liturgy. — American Loy- alists.
Justification of the State of Massachusetts, against certain
Censures in the British Papers.
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310
312
313
320
323
325
327
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329
To Mather Byles. 1 January.
Electrical Points and Electricity.
From Alexander Small to B. Franklin. 2 January.
Affairs in England. - American Tories.
To John Ingenhousz. 11 February. .
1788.
Wars in Europe. - Russia and Turkey. - Public Credit in
the United States.
To M. Le Veillard. 17 February.
Dr. Franklin's Memoirs of his own Life. New Constitu-
tion of the United States. Restrictions on Trade. -
Paper Money.
To the Editors of the Pennsylvania Gazette. 30 March.
On the Abuse of the Press.
From Thomas Pownall to B. Franklin. 8 April.
To M. Le Veillard. 22 April.
Political Condition of the Swiss Cantons. Constitution
of the United States.
To John Lathrop. 31 May.
New Constitution. Custom-House Duties.
To M. Le Veillard. 8 June.
Attachment to his early Friends and the Associations of
his Youth. Growing Felicity of Mankind by Improve-
ments in Philosophy.
Toleration. Constitution of the United States.
To M. Dupont de Nemours. 9 June.
Constitution of the United States. - Principles of Trade.—
Commercial Dictionary.
From M. de Condorcet to B. Franklin. 8 July.
Constitution of the United States.- Affairs in France.
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331
From the Duke de la Rochefoucauld to B. Franklin. 12 July. 354
Constitution of the United States. - Washington. Politi-
cal Condition of France.
349
350
From Charlotte Filangieri to B. Franklin. 27 September. 359
To the Duke de la Rochefoucauld. 22 October.
360
To Madame Lavoisier. 23 October.
361
362
To John Ingenhousz. 24 October.
State of his Health.- Steamboat.
353