To Messrs. Sears and Smith. 4 August, 1784.

Duty on Slaves imported into the French Islands.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 15 August.

Invites her to come to Paris.

To William Franklin. 16 August.

To Richard Price. 16 August.

Balloons. English Constitution.-State of America.

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On receiving a Copy of Cook's Voyages by Order of the

King.

To William Strahan. 19 August.

126

Invites him to Passy.-Annihilation of profitable Places.

American Congress and British Parliament. The late

War.- Emigration.

To George Whatley. 21 August.

132

Tract on the Principles of Trade.-Foundling Hospital.-

Double Spectacles.

To a Friend in England. 21 August.

133

General Melville. - Profession of Faith. The Old Tes-
tament.

From James McHenry to B. Franklin. 24 August.

The Marquis de Lafayette. The Adjournment of Con-

gress, and Dissolution of the Committee of the States.

From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 27 August.

To Count de Vergennes. 3 September.

To Benjamin Vaughan. 7 September.

Introducing Count Mirabeau.

From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 9 September.

From William Carmichael to B. Franklin. 25 September.

Appointment of M. Gardoqui as Minister from Spain to the

United States.. - Count de Galvez.

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From Count de Mercy Argenteau to B. Franklin. 28 Sept.
From Robert Morris to B. Franklin. 30 September.
Settlement of the Public Accounts.- Contingent Fund.

To Charles Thomson. 16 October..

From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 21 October.

137

138

138

139

140

142

143

To Charles Thomson. 11 November, 1784. .

From George Whatley to B. Franklin. 15 November.

Principles of Trade. - Foundling Hospitals.Spectacles.

- Powers of Congress.—Toleration.

To Thomas Jefferson. 23 November.

From John Jay to B. Franklin. 13 December.

The Marquis de Lafayette.-Congress.

1785.

To David Hartley. 3 January.

To John Jay. 8 February.

To the President of Congress. 8 February.

To Richard Price. 18 March

Purchase of Books for the Town of Franklin.

To William Carmichael. 22 March.

To the President of Congress. 12 April.

To Benjamin Vaughan. 21 April.

Manufactures. Books. - Loose Printing.

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To John Ingenhousz. 29 April.

147

147

151

152

153

From M. de Rayneval to B. Franklin. 8 May.

To John Jay. 10 May.

To Charles Thomson. 10 May.

166

167

From Count de Vergennes to B. Franklin. 22 May.

American Confederation.- Anec-

dote of three Greenlanders. Double Spectacles.

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From Thomas Percival to B. Franklin. 23 May.

Perceptive Power of Vegetables. - Bishop Watson's Col-

lection of Tracts.-Christian Charity.

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Assures him of the

172

From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 3 June, 1785.

Library for the Town of Franklin.

From Claudius Crigan to B. Franklin. 7 June

To Thomas Barclay. 19 June.

Relative to his Charges for Salary as Minister Plenipo-

tentiary.

To

20 June.

Dissuading him from attempting to cross to England in a

Balloon.

From Francis Maseres to B. Franklin. 20 June.

Policy of restoring the confiscated Estates to the Loyalists.

- National Debt.

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To Francis Maseres. 26 June.

Results of the American Contest. State of America.

The Loyalists. Confiscation of Estates.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 26 June.

From Richard Jackson to B. Franklin.

State of Affairs produced by the Peace.

France. East Indies.

From Mathon de la Cour to B. Franklin.

From Thomas Pownall to B. Franklin. 3 July.

Political Remarks. — England. — America.

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186

187

27 June.

195

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Great Britain.-

Leaves Passy. Travels to Havre in the King's Litter.

Practicability and Expediency of establishing a Bishop in

America.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 4 July.

From M. de Castries to B. Franklin. 10 July.

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.

From Jonathan Shipley to B. Franklin. 24 July.

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 26 July.

From Miss Catherine Louisa Shipley to B. Franklin. 2 Aug. 219

To John Jay. 19 September.

From David Hartley to B. Franklin. 24 August.

Giving Information of his Return to the United States.

Court of France.

To William Greene and Mrs. Greene. 20 September.

From M. de Marbois to B. Franklin. 21 September.

Congratulates him on his Return to America.

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.

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. Made-

moiselle Brillon.

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.

228

230

232

233

235

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 30 October.

236

From Richard Price to B. Franklin. 5 November. .

237

To David Hartley. 27 October.

State of America.

To John Bard and Mrs. Bard. 14 November, 1785. 239

To Mathon de la Cour. 18 November.

To Edward Bancroft. 26 November.

Proposed new Edition of Dr. Franklin's Writings.

239

240

From Jonathan Shipley to B. Franklin. 27 November. . 242

1786.

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.

From the Marquis de Lafayette to B. Franklin. 10 Feb.

Tour in Germany. · Prussia. Austria.

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ularies for the Empress of Russia.

To Jonathan Shipley. 24 February.

- Indian Vocab-

Progress of the Government in the United States. -Do-

mestic Circumstances.

To M. le Veillard. 6 March.

243

245

247

Flourishing State of America..

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Cardinal de Rohan.

To Benjamin Rush. March.

255

To Mrs. Mary Hewson. 6 May.

256

Humorous Account of a Letter received from her. - His

From the Marquis de Chastellux to B. Franklin. 21 June. 262

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Chastellux's Travels in America. His Translation of

Humphrey's Poem.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 4 July.

Name and Condition of the new State of Franklin.

From John Coakley Lettsom to B. Franklin. 14 August. 267

Memoirs of Dr. Fothergill. Plan for Discoveries in

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