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THE

WORKS

or

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:

CHARLES TAPPAN, PUBLISHER.

LOUISVILLE, KY.

ALSTON MY GATT.

KF14870

HARVARD

UNIVERSITY
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.

CAMBRIDGE:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
FOLSOM, WELLS, AND THURSTON,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS

or

VOLUME SEVENTH.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PART FIRST;

COMPRISING PRIVATE LETTERS TO THE TIME OF THE

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

To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 19 June.

Family Afflictions. - Singular Instance of Mortality.

1738.

To Josiah Franklin. 13 April..

Religious Opinions and Practice. Freemasons.

1743.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 28 July.

Religion. Charity.

To Edward and Jane Mecom.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom.

Condition of Apprentices, and Habits of Boys.

4

. 6

10

10

1744.

To Josiah and Abiah Franklin. 6 September.

Remedies for the Stone and Gravel.

1745.

19

To Cadwallader Colden. 27 November.

Apprehensions of an Attack from the Enemy.-Schemes

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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.

To James Logan. 4 December.

20

3 December.

Fortifications on the Delaware River.

1748.

To Cadwallader Colden. 27 January.

Procuring Cannon for Defence. Sale of Books. — Opinion

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

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Cannon from Boston.—Insurance on Lottery Tickets.

Progress in the Erection of Batteries. - Diligence of the

People in attending Military Exercises.

Plans for retiring from Business and declining Public Em-

ployment. Governor Shirley. -Peter Kalm, the Swedish

Botanist.

To James Logan. 30 October..

37

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

dish Missionary.