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OF THE

TEN VOLUMES.

LIFE OF FRANKLIN.

- Character of his

Fond of reading.

Origin and Genealogy of his Family. His Birth. His Mother. -

Employments in his Boyhood. - Anecdote.

Father.- Epitaph on his Father and Mother.

Apprenticed to his Brother to learn the Printer's Trade.-

Writes Ballads. - Intimacy with Collins.-Practises Composition.

- Adopts a vegetable Diet. Studies the Socratic Method of

Disputation. Concerned in publishing a Newspaper. Disa-

grees with his Brother.-Leaves Boston and takes Passage in a

Sloop for New York.

Journey to Philadelphia. Adventure in a Boat. Dr. Brown.-

Burlington. His first Appearance in Philadelphia. - Quaker

Meeting. Seeks for Employment as a Printer. Commences

Work in Keimer's Office. - Forms Acquaintances. - Patronized

by Sir William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania. - First Inter-

view with him. Keith proposes to set him up in Business. —

Returns to Boston. - His Father disapproves Keith's Plan.

Voyage to New York. Incident on the Passage from Newport.

Meets his Friend Collins in New York. - They go together to

Philadelphia. - Collins's ill Conduct causes a Separation. - Keith

insists on executing his original Plan, and proposes sending him

to London to purchase Types.- Returns to the Use of animal

Food. Anecdotes of Keimer. - His Associates, Osborne, Wat-

son, Ralph.Their Exercises in Composition. Resolves to visit

England, as advised by Governor Keith.

Sails for London, accompanied by Ralph.-On his Arrival delivers

Letters supposed to be written by the Governor. - Discovers that

Keith had deceived him. His Money exhausted. - Engages to

work as a Printer at Palmer's, in Bartholomew Close.- Writes

and prints a metaphysical Tract.— Frequents a Club, consisting

of Dr. Mandeville and Others. - Disagreement with Ralph and

Separation. Removes to Watts's Printing-house, near Lincoln's

Inn Fields. Habits of the Workmen. - His Expenses of Living.

-Feats of Activity in Swimming. - Enters into Mercantile Bus-

iness with Mr. Denham.- Sir William Wyndham.

Voyage from London to Philadelphia. - His Mercantile Plans de-

feated by the Death of Mr. Denham. - Accepts an Offer from

Keimer to superintend his Printing Establishment. — Description

of the Workmen in the Printing-house. Resolves to separate

from Keimer, and commence Business on his own Account.—

Engraves the Plates for Paper Money in New Jersey, and prints

the Bills. His Views of Religion. Account of his London

Pamphlet. A New Version of the Lord's Prayer, with Explan-

atory Remarks. - Forms a Partnership with Hugh Meredith in

the Printing Business.

The Junto.- Description of its original Members.- Franklin writes

the "Busy Body."- Establishes a Newspaper. - Partnership with

Meredith dissolved. Writes a Tract on the Necessity of a Paper

Currency. - Opens a Stationer's Shop. His Habits of Industry

and Frugality. Courtship. - Marriage.

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Origin of the Philadelphia Library.-Mode of obtaining Subscrip-

tions. Thrives in his Business. Anecdote of the Silver Spoon

and China Bowl.-Religious Sentiments and Remarks on Preach-

ing. Scheme for arriving at Moral Perfection. Explanation of

the Scheme. List of Virtues enumerated, and Rules for Prac-

tising them. Division of Time, and the Occupation of each Hour.

Amusing Anecdote. The Art of Virtue.

that Subject proposed.

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Scheme of a Society for extending the Influence of Virtue. - Belief

in one God, the Immortality of the Soul, and future Rewards and

Punishments. Poor Richard's Almanac.-Rules for conducting

a Newspaper. Controversy concerning Hemphill, the Preach-

er. Studies the French, Italian, and Spanish Languages.- Visits

Boston. The Junto.- Chosen Clerk of the Assembly. - Ap-

pointed Postmaster of Philadelphia. - Suggests Improvements in

the City Watch.— Establishes a Fire Company.

Forms an Intimacy with Whitefield. - Building erected for Preach-

ers of all Denominations. — Character of Whitefield, his Oratory

and Writings.-Partnerships in the Printing Business. - Propos-

es a Philosophical Society. Takes an active Part in providing

Means of Defence in the Spanish War. - Forms an Association

for that Purpose. — Sentiments of the Quakers. — James Logan.

-Anecdote of William Penn. - The Sect called Dunkers.- Re-

ligious Creeds.-New-invented Fireplace.

Proposals relating to the Education of Youth.-Subscriptions for that

Object. An Academy established. - Appointed one of the Trus-

tees for managing it. - Partnership with David Hall. - Electrical

Experiments. Chosen a Member of the Assembly. - A Com-

missioner for making a Treaty with the Indians. — Pennsylvania

Hospital. Writes in Favor of it, and procures Subscriptions.—

Advice to Gilbert Tennent.- Suggests Plans for cleaning, paving,

and lighting the Streets of Philadelphia. — Project for cleaning

the Streets of London. -Appointed Postmaster-general for Amer-

ica. Receives the Degree of Master of Arts from Harvard and

Attends a General Convention at Albany, as a Delegate from Penn-

sylvania. Proposes a Plan of Union for the Colonies, which is

adopted by the Convention. Interview with Governor Shirley

at Boston. Conversations with Governor Morris on Pennsylvania

Affairs. Assists Mr. Quincy in procuring Aids for New Eng-

land. Visits General Braddock's Army in Maryland. - Procures

Horses and Wagons to facilitate the March of the Army. — Ob-

tains Supplies for the Officers. - - Character of Braddock.- Ac-

count of his Defeat in the Battle of the Monongahela. - Braddock

commends his Services in Letters to the Government.

Services poorly rewarded. Society for the Relief and Instruction

of Germans in Pennsylvania.

Appointed One of the Commissioners for appropriating the public

Money for military Defence.- Proposes a Militia Bill, which pass-

es the Assembly. - Commissioned to take Charge of the Frontier,

and build a Line of Forts.-Marches at the Head of a Body of

Troops. Account of the March. - Operations at Gnadenhutten.

- Indian Massacres. Moravians at Bethlehem. - Returns to

Philadelphia. Chosen Colonel of a Regiment. - Journey to Vir-

ginia. - Declines accepting the Governor's Proposal to lead an

Expedition against Fort Duquesne.- Account of his Electrical

Discoveries. Chosen a Member of the Royal Society. - Receives

the Copley Medal.

Conversations with Governor Denny. — Disputes between the Gov-

ernor and Assembly.-Deputed by the Assembly to present a Pe-

tition to the King, and to act in England as an Agent for Penn-

sylvania. Meets Lord Loudoun in New York. - Anecdotes illus-

trating his Character. Sails from New York. - Incidents of the

Voyage. - Arrives in England.

BY JARED SPARKS.

State of Affairs in Pennsylvania. - Defects of the Government. -

Legislation. Conduct of the Proprietaries.-Object of Franklin's

Agency in England. - Collinson, Miss Stevenson, Strahan, Gov-

ernor Shirley, Beccaria, Musschenbroek.- Franklin's Interview

with the Proprietaries. He causes a Letter to be published re-

specting Pennsylvania. Delays in his public Business. He

travels in various Parts of England. Visits the Place in which

his Ancestors were born. Forms an Acquaintance with Bas-

kerville. Publishes the "Historical Review of Pennsylvania."-

Authorship of that Work.

Franklin advises the Conquest of Canada. His Scheme adopted by

the Ministry.— Journey to Scotland. — Lord Kames, Robertson,

Hume.—"Parable against Persecution." First published by

Lord Kames.-How far Franklin claimed to be its Author. - His

Mission brought to a favorable Termination. - Lord Mansfield's

Agency in the Affair.- Franklin's Sentiments in Regard to Can-

ada. — Writes a Pamphlet to show that it ought to be retained at

the Peace. Tour to the North of England. - Receives Public

Money for Pennsylvania. Tour in Holland.-Experiments to

prove the Electrical Properties of Tourmalin. - Cold produced

by Evaporation.-Ingenious Theory for explaining the Causes

of Northeast Storms. - Invents a Musical Instrument, called the

Armonica. - His Son appointed Governor of New Jersey. — Re-

turns to America.

Receives the Thanks of the Assembly.-Tour through the Middle

and Eastern Colonies. - Engages again in Public Affairs. — Mas-

sacre of Indians in Lancaster. - Franklin's Pamphlet on the Sub-

ject, and his Agency in pacifying the Insurgents. - Colonel Bou-

quet's Account of his Public Services. - Disputes revived between

the Governor and the Assembly. - Militia Bill defeated. The

Governor rejects a Bill in which the Proprietary Estates are taxed.

-The Assembly resolve to petition the King for a Change of Gov-

Petition drafted by Franklin. - Chosen Speaker of the

Assembly. Norris, Dickinson, Galloway.-Scheme for Stamp

Duties opposed by the Assembly. — Franklin is not elected to the

Assembly. Appointed Agent to the Court of Great Britain. -

Sails for England.

Origin of the Stamp Act.

Franklin's Opposition to it.. His Re-

marks on the Passage of the Act, in a Letter to Charles Thomson.

-False Charges against him in Relation to this Subject. - Dean

Tucker. Effects of the Stamp Act in America. — Franklin's Ex-

amination before Parliament.

Stamp Act repealed. - Mr. Pitt.—

Declaratory Act. - American Paper Currency. - Franklin's An-

swer to Lord Hillsborough's Report against it. - New Scheme

for taxing the Colonies by supplying them with Paper Money. —

Franklin travels in Holland and Germany. - His Ideas of the Na-

ture of the Union between the Colonies and Great Britain. - Plan

of a Colonial Representation in Parliament. - Franklin visits Paris.

- His "Account of the Causes of the American Discontents."-

Change of Ministry. — Lord Hillsborough at the Head of the

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