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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 Pegociations of Dr. Franklin,

AND HIS SELECT
POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICALAND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS,

PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.

SECOND EDITION.

VOL. I.

L I F E.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN, CONDUIT STREET.

1818.