OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS

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.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF TO A LATE PERIOD,

AND CONTINUED TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH

BY HIS GRANDSON,

WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN.

COMPRISING THE

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

And Public Negociations of Dr. Franklin ;

AND HIS SELECT

POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS,
PUBLISHEd from thE ORIGINAL MSS.

NEW EDITION.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

CORRESPONDENCE.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR HENRY COLBURN,
BY R. BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

1833.

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PRINTED BY A. J. VALPY, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

Private Correspondence.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND.

PART II.-CONTINUED.

Dr. Franklin to the Hon. Josiah Quincy, April 22,

D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, April 22, 1779

Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, esq. May 4, 1779

to the Marquis de la Fayette, August 19, 1779

to the same, August 24, 1779

to John Jay, esq. President of Congress, Oct. 4, 1779

to Dr. Cooper, Oct. 27, 1779

to D. Hartley, esq. Feb. 2, 1780

to James Lovell, esq. March 16, 1780

to Monsieur Dumas, June 5, 1780

to an Agent of American Cruisers, May 30, 1780

to Dr. Rushton, (London,) Oct. 9, 1780

to Samuel Huntington, esq. Dec. 3, 1780

to Count de Vergennes, Feb. 13, 1781

1779

to his Excellency J. Adams, esq. April 29, 1781

to the same, May 19, 1781

to the Rev. Dr. Cooper, May 25, 1781

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to the Judges of the Admiralty at Cherbourg, May 16,

1780

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