THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIB Y

ASFOR, LENOX

CORRESPONDENCE

OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,

LL.D. F.R.S. &c.

MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AT THE COURT OF FRANCE, AND FOR THE TREATY OF PEACE

AND INDEPENDENCE WITH GREAT BRITAIN, &c. &c.

EDITED BY HIS GRANDSON,

WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN,

BY R. BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

162070

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