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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) CCXLV: TO GEORGE WHITEFIELD - The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IV Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768
CCXLV: TO GEORGE WHITEFIELD - Benjamin Franklin, The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IV Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768 [1904]Edition used:The Works of Benjamin Franklin, including the Private as well as the Official and Scientific Correspondence, together with the Unmutilated and Correct Version of the Autobiography, compiled and edited by John Bigelow (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904). The Federal Edition in 12 volumes. Vol. IV (Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768).
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- The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume IV: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Writings
- 1763: CCXXXVI: To William Greene, Warwic, Rhode Island
- CCXXXVII: To Mrs. Catherine Greene
- CCXXXVIII: To Mrs. Catherine Greene
- CCXXXIX: To William Strahan
- 1764: Ccxl: to Miss Mary Stevenson
- Ccxli: to William Strahan
- Ccxlii: to Mrs. Catherine Greene
- Ccxliii.: to William Strahan
- Ccxliv: to Jonathan Williams
- Ccxlv: to George Whitefield
- Ccxlvi: to William Strahan
- 1765: Ccxlvii: to William Strahan
- Ccxlviii: to Jonathan Williams
- Ccxlix: to Sarah Franklin
- Ccl: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Ccli: a Narrative
- Cclii: Cool Thoughts On the Present Situation of Our Public Affairs 1
- Ccliii: Petition to the King For Changing the Proprietary Government of Pennsylvania Into a Royal Government
- Ccliv: Remarks On a Particular Militia Bill Rejected By the Proprietor’s Deputy, Or Governor
- Cclv: Preface
- Cclvi: Remarks On a Late Protest Against the Appointment of Mr. Franklin As Agent For the Province of Pennsylvania
- Cclvii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclviii: From Joseph Galloway to B. Franklin
- Cclix: From Mrs. Franklin to Her Husband
- Cclx: to the Editor of a Newspaper
- Cclxi: to Lord Kames, At Edinburgh
- Cclxii: to Lord Kames
- Cclxiii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxiv: to Peter Franklin, At Newport
- Cclxv: to Hugh Roberts
- Cclxvi: to Charles Thomson
- Cclxvii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- 1766: Cclxviii: Letter Concerning the Gratitude of America and the Probability and Effects of a Union With Great Britain; and Concerning the Repeal Or Suspension of the Stamp Act
- Cclxix: the Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin In the British House of Commons Relative to the Repeal of the American Stamp Act, In 1766 1
- Cclxx: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxi: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxii: to Hugh Roberts
- Cclxxiii: to Charles Thomson
- Cclxxiv: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxv: to Thomas Ronayne, At Cork 1
- Cclxxvi: to Jonathan Williams
- Cclxxvii: to Cadwallader Evans
- Cclxxviii: Mode of Ascertaining Whether the Power, Giving a Shock to Those Who Touch Either the Surinam Eel Or the Torpedo, Be Electrical.
- Cclxxix: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxx: From William Franklin
- Cclxxxi: to Mrs. Mary Franklin
- Cclxxxii: to Charles Thomson
- Cclxxxiii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cclxxxiv: Remarks On a Plan For the Future Management of Indian Affairs 1
- Cclxxxv: Hints For a Reply to the Protests of Certain Members of the House of Lords Against the Repeal of the Stamp Act.
- Cclxxxvi: Observations On Passages In “a Letter From a Merchant In London to His Nephew In North America”
- Cclxxxvii: Observations On Passages In a Pamphlet Entitled “good Humor, Or Away With the Colonies” 1
- Cclxxxviii: From William Franklin
- 1767: Cclxxxix: to Lord Kames
- CCXC: To Cadwallader Evans
- CCXCI: To Joseph Galloway 1
- CCXCII: To Miss Mary Stevenson
- CCXCIII: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCXCIV: Protective Duties On Imports and How They Work
- CCXCV: To Samuel Franklin, Boston 1
- CCXCVI: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCXCVII: To George Crogan
- CCXCVIII: To Joseph Galloway
- CCXCIX: To William Franklin, Governor of New Jersey
- CCC: To Miss Stevenson
- CCCI: Of Lightning and the Methods (now Used In America) of Securing Buildings and Persons From Its Mischievous Effects.
- CCCII: On Smuggling and Its Various Species 1
- CCCIII: To William Franklin
- CCCIV: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCV: To John Ross
- CCCVI: To William Franklin
- CCCVII: From Thomas Pownall to B. Franklin
- CCCVIII: On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor
- CCCIX: The Right of Impressing Seamen Remarks On Judge Foster’s Argument In Favor of the Right. 1
- CCCX: Vindication of the Provincial Paper-money System. 1
- 1768: CCCXI: To William Franklin
- CCCXII: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXIII: Causes of the American Discontents Before 1768. 1
- CCCXIV: To M. Dalibard
- CCCXV: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCCXVI: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXVII: To Cadwallader Evans 1
- CCCXVIII: To Thomas Wharton
- CCCXIX: To Lord Kames
- CCCXX: From Joseph Galloway to B. Franklin
- CCCXXI: To William Franklin
- CCCXXII: To the Committee of Correspondence In Pennsylvania
- CCCXXIII: Walpole’s Grant
- CCCXXIV: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXXV: To the Committee of Correspondence In Pennsylvania
- CCCXXVI: To William Franklin
- CCCXXVII: On the Laboring Poor
- CCCXXVIII: Some Good Whig Principles. 1
- CCCXXIX: Preface to the “letters From a Farmer In Pennsylvania.” 1
- CCCXXX: To Sir John Pringle
- CCCXXXI: To John Ross
- CCCXXXII: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXXXIII: To Oliver Neave
CCXLV
TO GEORGE WHITEFIELD
Philadelphia, 19 June, 1764. Dear Friend:—
I received your favors of the 21st past and of the 3d instant, and immediately sent the enclosed as directed.
Your frequently repeated wishes for my eternal as well as my temporal happiness are very obliging, and I can only thank you for them and offer you mine in return. I have myself no doubt, that I shall enjoy as much of both as is proper for me. That Being, who gave me existence, and through almost threescore years has been continually showering his favors upon me, whose very chastisements have been blessings to me; can I doubt that he loves me? And if he loves me, can I doubt that he will go on to take care of me, not only here but hereafter? This to some may seem presumption; to me it appears the best grounded hope; hope of the future built on experience of the past.
By the accounts I have of your late labors, I conclude your health is mended by your journey, which gives me pleasure. Mrs. Franklin presents her cordial respects, with, dear Sir, your affectionate humble servant,
B. Franklin. P. S.—We hope you will not be deterred from visiting your friends here, by the bugbear Boston account of the unhealthiness of Philadelphia.
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