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The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. IV Letters and Misc. Writings 1763-1768

Volume 4 of a 12 volume collection of the works of Franklin edited by the New York lawyer and politician John Bigelow. Vol. 4 contains a essays and letters written between 1763 and 1768.

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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CONTENTS OF VOL. IV
The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume IV
CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
TO WILLIAM GREENE, WARWIC, RHODE ISLAND
TO MRS. CATHERINE GREENE
TO MRS. CATHERINE GREENE
TO WILLIAM STRAHAN
TO MISS MARY STEVENSON
TO WILLIAM STRAHAN
TO MRS. CATHERINE GREENE
TO WILLIAM STRAHAN
TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
TO GEORGE WHITEFIELD
TO WILLIAM STRAHAN
TO WILLIAM STRAHAN
TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
TO SARAH FRANKLIN
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
CCLI: A NARRATIVE
CCLII: COOL THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT SITUATION OF OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS1
IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND IN THE COUNTRY
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
TO THE FREEMEN OF PENNSYLVANIA
CCLV: PREFACE
CCLVI: REMARKS ON A LATE PROTEST AGAINST THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. FRANKLIN AS AGENT FOR THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
FROM JOSEPH GALLOWAY TO B. FRANKLIN
FROM MRS. FRANKLIN TO HER HUSBAND
CCLX: TO THE EDITOR OF A NEWSPAPER
TO LORD KAMES, AT EDINBURGH
TO LORD KAMES
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
TO PETER FRANKLIN, AT NEWPORT
TO HUGH ROBERTS
TO CHARLES THOMSON
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
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 17661
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
TO HUGH ROBERTS
TO CHARLES THOMSON
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
TO THOMAS RONAYNE, AT CORK1
TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
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.
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
FROM WILLIAM FRANKLIN
TO MRS. MARY FRANKLIN
TO CHARLES THOMSON
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
CCLXXXIV: REMARKS ON A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS1
CCLXXXV: HINTS FOR A REPLY TO THE PROTESTS OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AGAINST THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT.
First Protest
Second Protest
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
TO LORD KAMES
TO CADWALLADER EVANS
TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY1
TO MISS MARY STEVENSON
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
PROTECTIVE DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND HOW THEY WORK
TO SAMUEL FRANKLIN, BOSTON1
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
TO GEORGE CROGAN
TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN, GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY
TO MISS STEVENSON
OF LIGHTNING AND THE METHODS (NOW USED IN AMERICA) OF SECURING BUILDINGS AND PERSONS FROM ITS MISCHIEVOUS EFFECTS.
ON SMUGGLING AND ITS VARIOUS SPECIES1
TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
TO JOHN ROSS
TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
FROM THOMAS POWNALL TO B. FRANKLIN
DR. FRANKLIN’S ANSWER
CCCVIII: ON THE PRICE OF CORN, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POOR
TO THE PUBLIC
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
TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN DISCONTENTS BEFORE 1768.1
TO M. DALIBARD
TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
TO CADWALLADER EVANS1
TO THOMAS WHARTON
TO LORD KAMES
FROM JOSEPH GALLOWAY TO B. FRANKLIN
TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
TO THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE IN PENNSYLVANIA
CCCXXIII: WALPOLE’S GRANT
TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
TO THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE IN PENNSYLVANIA
TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
CCCXXVII: ON THE LABORING POOR
CCCXXVIII: SOME GOOD WHIG PRINCIPLES.1
PREFACE TO THE “LETTERS FROM A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA.”1
TO SIR JOHN PRINGLE
TO JOHN ROSS
TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
TO OLIVER NEAVE

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