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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) CCCLXIII: TO JAMES BOWDOIN - The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. V Letters and Misc. Writings 1768-1772
CCCLXIII: TO JAMES BOWDOIN - Benjamin Franklin, The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. V Letters and Misc. Writings 1768-1772 [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. V (Letters and Misc. Writings 1768-1772).
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- The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume V: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Writings
- 1768: CCCXXXIV: To M. Dubourg 1
- CCCXXXV: To John Winthrop
- CCCXXXVI: Petition of the Letter Z
- CCCXXXVII: To William Franklin
- CCCXXXVIII: To Joseph Galloway
- CCCXXXIX: To M. Dubourg. 1
- Cccxl: to Dupont De Nemours 1
- Cccxli: to John Alleyne, Esq.
- Cccxlii: a Scheme For a New Alphabet and Reformed Mode of Spelling With Remarks and Examples Concerning the Same, and an Enquiry Into Its Uses, In a Correspondence Between Miss Stevenson and Dr. Franklin, Written In the Characters of the Alphabet 1
- Cccxliii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cccxliv: From Joseph Galloway to B. Franklin
- Cccxlv: to Miss Mary Stevenson
- Cccxlvi: to a Friend
- Cccxlvii: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cccxlviii: to Michael Collinson, Esq.
- 1769:CCCXLIX: To Lord Kames
- Cccl: to John Bartram
- Cccli: to M. Le Roy
- Ccclii: to Lord Kames
- Cccliii: to Mrs. Jane Mecom
- Cccliv: to Samuel Cooper, At Boston
- Ccclv: to John Winthrop
- Ccclvi: Positions to Be Examined, Concerning National Wealth
- Ccclvii: to Samuel Cooper
- Ccclviii: to Mrs. Jane Mecom
- Ccclxix: to the London Chronicle 1
- Ccclx: to Miss Mary Stevenson
- Ccclxi: to the Committee of Merchants In Philadelphia
- Ccclxii: to John Bartram
- Ccclxiii: to James Bowdoin
- Ccclxiv: to M. Dubourg 3
- Ccclxv: From Miss Mary Stevenson to B. Franklin
- Ccclxvi: to Miss Mary Stevenson
- Ccclxvii: to Cadwallader Evans
- Ccclxviii: to Samuel Cooper
- Ccclxix: On Ventilation
- Ccclxx: to Miss Mary Stevenson
- Ccclxxi: Queries By Mr. Strahan Respecting American Affairs, and Dr. Franklin’s Answers
- Ccclxxii: State of the Constitution of the Colonies 1
- Ccclxxiii: Observations On Passages In “an Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Disputes Between the British Colonies In America and Their Mother Country.”
- Ccclxxiv: Observations On Passages In a Pamphlet, Entitled “the True Constitutional Means For Putting an End to the Disputes Between Great Britain and the American Colonies.”
- 1770: Ccclxxv: to M. Dubourg 1
- Ccclxxvi: to John Bartram
- Ccclxxvii: to Miss Mary Stevenson
- Ccclxxviii: to Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal
- Ccclxxix: to Michael Hillegas
- Ccclxxx: to a Friend In America
- Ccclxxxi: to Samuel Cooper
- Ccclxxxii: to Miss Mary Stevenson
- Ccclxxxiii: to Jonathan Williams
- Ccclxxxiv: to Samuel Cooper 1
- Ccclxxxv: to Samuel Franklin
- Ccclxxxvi: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Ccclxxxvii: to Samuel Rhoads
- Ccclxxxviii: to Mrs. Mary Hewson 1
- Ccclxxxix: to Cadwallader Evans
- CCCXC: The Craven-street Gazette 1
- CCCXCI: To M. Dubourg
- CCCXCII: To Dupont De Nemours
- CCCXCIII: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCCXCIV: From Deborah Franklin to B. Franklin
- CCCXCV: From Samuel Cooper to B. Franklin
- CCCXCVI: To Thomas Cushing 1
- CCCXCVII: To Mrs. Jane Mecom
- 1771: CCCXCVIII: To Thomas Cushing
- CCCXCIX: To Samuel Cooper
- CCCC: To Cadwallader Evans
- CCCCI: To Jonathan Williams
- CCCCII: To Mrs. Williams
- CCCCIII: To William Franklin
- CCCCIV: From Samuel Rhoads to B. Franklin
- CCCCV: To the Committee of Correspondence In Massachusetts 1
- CCCCVI: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCCCVII: To Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of Asaph
- CCCCVIII: To Noble Wimberly Jones
- CCCCIX: To Cadwallader Evans
- CCCCX: From Samuel Cooper to B. Franklin
- CCCCXI: To Samuel Franklin
- CCCCXII: To John Bartram
- CCCCXIII: To Cadwallader Evans
- CCCCXIV: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCCCXV: Plan For Benefiting Distant Unprovided Countries
- CCCCXVI: Concerning the Provision Made In China Against Famine 1
- CCCCXVII: To Mr. William Strahan
- CCCCXVIII: To Thomas Percival 1
- CCCCXIX: To Mrs. Mary Hewson
- 1772: CCCCXX: To Mrs. Jane Mecom
- CCCCXXI: To the Committee of Correspondence In Massachusetts
- CCCCXXII: To Samuel Cooper
- CCCCXXIII: To James Bowdoin
- CCCCXXIV: To Joshua Babcock
- CCCCXXV: To Thomas Cushing
- CCCCXXVI: To Samuel Franklin
- CCCCXXVII: To Ezra Stiles
- CCCCXXVIII: To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- CCCCXXIX: To Mrs. Sarah Bache
- CCCCXXX: To William Franklin
- CCCCXXXI: Mayz, Or Indian Corn
- CCCCXXXII: Precautions to Be Used By Those Who Are About to Undertake a Sea Voyage
- CCCCXXXIII: Toleration In Old England and New England 1
- CCCCXXXIV: To John Foxcroft
- CCCCXXXV: To Cadwallader Evans
- CCCCXXXVI: From David Hume to B. Franklin
- CCCCXXXVII: To Thomas Cushing
- CCCCXXXVIII: To M. Le Roy
- CCCCXXXIX: To Joseph Priestley
- Ccccxl: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Ccccxli: to Major Dawson, Engineer 1
- Ccccxlii: From Joseph Priestley to B. Franklin
- Ccccxliii: to Mr. Maseres
- Ccccxliv: From Joseph Priestley to B. Franklin
- Ccccxlv: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Ccccxlvi: to William Franklin
- Ccccxlvii: to Governor Franklin, New Jersey
- Ccccxlviii: to William Franklin
- Ccccxlix: Report On Lightning-conductors For the Powder Magazines At Purfleet
- Ccccl: to Mr. Anthony Benezet, 1 Philadelphia
- Ccccli: Experiments, Observations, and Facts, Tending to Support the Opinion of the Utility of Long, Pointed Rods, For Securing Buildings From Damage By Strokes of Lightning.
- Cccclii: to Joseph Galloway
- Ccccliii: to Thomas Cushing
- Ccccliv: to Dr. Priestley
- Cccclv: to Miss Georgiana Shipley 1
- Cccclvi: the Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams
- Cccclvii: to Mr. Bache
- Cccclviii: to John Bartram
- Cccclix: to Jonathan Williams
- Cccclx: to Lord Stirling
- Cccclxi: to Governor William Franklin
- Cccclxii: to Mr. Timothy
- Cccclxiii: to Thomas Cushing
- Cccclxiv: Preface By the British Editor
- Cccclxv: to Mrs. Deborah Franklin
- Cccclxvi: to Joseph Galloway
- Cccclxvii: to Mr. Abel James
- Cccclxviii: to William Franklin
- Cccclxix: Answer to M. Dubourg’s Queries Respecting the Armonica
- Cccclxx: Settlement On the Ohio River 1
CCCLXIII
TO JAMES BOWDOIN
London, 13 July, 1769. Dear Sir:—
I am honored with yours of May 10th, and agree with you perfectly in your sentiments of public affairs. Government here seems now to be growing more moderate with regard to America, and I am persuaded that, by a steady, prudent conduct, we shall finally obtain all our important points, and establish American liberty on a clearer and firmer foundation. The folly of the late measures begins to be seen and understood at court; their promoters grow out of credit, and the trading part of the nation, with the manufacturers, are become sensible how necessary it is for their welfare to be on good terms with us. The petitioners of Middlesex and of London have numbered among their grievances the unconstitutional taxes on America, and similar petitions are expected from all quarters. So that I think we need only be quiet, and persevere in our schemes of frugality and industry, and the rest will do itself.
Your governor is recalled, and it is said the commissioners will follow soon, or be new modelled with some more men of discretion among them. I am just setting out on a journey of five or six weeks, and have now only time to add that I am, with the greatest esteem and regard, dear Sir, &c.,
B. Franklin.
Sir Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts. He embarked at Boston on the 1st of August.
Commissioners of the Customs in Boston.
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