The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. V Letters and Misc. Writings 1768-1772
Volume 5 of a 12 volume collection of the works of Franklin edited by the New York lawyer and politician John Bigelow. Vol. 5 contains a essays and letters written between 1768 and 1772.
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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- Editor: John Bigelow
- Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS OF VOL. V
- The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume V
- CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
- TO M. DUBOURG1
- TO JOHN WINTHROP
- CCCXXXVI: PETITION OF THE LETTER Z
- TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
- TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
- TO M. DUBOURG.1
- TO DUPONT DE NEMOURS1
- 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 ALPHABET1
- EXAMPLES
- FROM MISS STEVENSON TO B. FRANKLIN
- ANSWER TO MISS STEVENSON
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- FROM JOSEPH GALLOWAY TO B. FRANKLIN
- TO MISS MARY STEVENSON
- TO A FRIEND
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- TO MICHAEL COLLINSON, ESQ.
- TO LORD KAMES
- TO JOHN BARTRAM
- TO M. LE ROY
- TO LORD KAMES
- TO MRS. JANE MECOM
- TO SAMUEL COOPER, AT BOSTON
- TO JOHN WINTHROP
- CCCLVI: POSITIONS TO BE EXAMINED, CONCERNING NATIONAL WEALTH
- TO SAMUEL COOPER
- TO MRS. JANE MECOM
- CCCLXIX: TO THE LONDON CHRONICLE1
- TO MISS MARY STEVENSON
- TO THE COMMITTEE OF MERCHANTS IN PHILADELPHIA
- TO JOHN BARTRAM
- TO JAMES BOWDOIN
- TO M. DUBOURG3
- FROM MISS MARY STEVENSON TO B. FRANKLIN
- TO MISS MARY STEVENSON
- TO CADWALLADER EVANS
- TO SAMUEL COOPER
- CCCLXIX: ON VENTILATION
- TO MISS MARY STEVENSON
- CCCLXXI: QUERIES BY MR. STRAHAN RESPECTING AMERICAN AFFAIRS, AND DR. FRANKLIN’S ANSWERS
- W. STRAHAN TO B. FRANKLIN1
- THE ANSWER
- CCCLXXII: STATE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COLONIES1
- WITH REMARKS BY DR. FRANKLIN
- 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.”
- TO M. DUBOURG1
- TO JOHN BARTRAM
- TO MISS MARY STEVENSON
- TO NEVIL MASKELYNE, ASTRONOMER ROYAL
- TO MICHAEL HILLEGAS
- TO A FRIEND IN AMERICA
- TO SAMUEL COOPER
- TO MISS MARY STEVENSON
- TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
- TO SAMUEL COOPER1
- TO SAMUEL FRANKLIN
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- TO SAMUEL RHOADS
- TO MRS. MARY HEWSON1
- TO CADWALLADER EVANS
- CCCXC: THE CRAVEN-STREET GAZETTE1
- To the Publisher of the Craven-Street Gazette:
- To the Publisher of the Craven-Street Gazette:
- TO M. DUBOURG
- TO DUPONT DE NEMOURS
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- FROM DEBORAH FRANKLIN TO B. FRANKLIN
- FROM SAMUEL COOPER TO B. FRANKLIN
- TO THOMAS CUSHING1
- TO MRS. JANE MECOM
- TO THOMAS CUSHING
- TO SAMUEL COOPER
- TO CADWALLADER EVANS
- TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
- TO MRS. WILLIAMS
- TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
- FROM SAMUEL RHOADS TO B. FRANKLIN
- TO THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE IN MASSACHUSETTS1
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- TO JONATHAN SHIPLEY, BISHOP OF ASAPH
- TO NOBLE WIMBERLY JONES
- TO CADWALLADER EVANS
- FROM SAMUEL COOPER TO B. FRANKLIN
- TO SAMUEL FRANKLIN
- TO JOHN BARTRAM
- TO CADWALLADER EVANS
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- CCCCXV: PLAN FOR BENEFITING DISTANT UNPROVIDED COUNTRIES
- CCCCXVI: CONCERNING THE PROVISION MADE IN CHINA AGAINST FAMINE1
- TO MR. WILLIAM STRAHAN
- TO THOMAS PERCIVAL1
- TO MRS. MARY HEWSON
- TO MRS. JANE MECOM
- TO THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE IN MASSACHUSETTS
- TO SAMUEL COOPER
- TO JAMES BOWDOIN
- TO JOSHUA BABCOCK
- TO THOMAS CUSHING
- TO SAMUEL FRANKLIN
- TO EZRA STILES
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- TO MRS. SARAH BACHE
- 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 ENGLAND1
- TO JOHN FOXCROFT
- TO CADWALLADER EVANS
- FROM DAVID HUME TO B. FRANKLIN
- TO THOMAS CUSHING
- TO M. LE ROY
- TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- TO MAJOR DAWSON, ENGINEER1
- FROM JOSEPH PRIESTLEY TO B. FRANKLIN
- TO MR. MASERES
- FROM JOSEPH PRIESTLEY TO B. FRANKLIN
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
- TO GOVERNOR FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY
- TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
- CCCCXLIX: REPORT ON LIGHTNING-CONDUCTORS FOR THE POWDER MAGAZINES AT PURFLEET
- To the President and Council of the Royal Society:
- 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.
- Experiment I
- Observation
- Experiment II
- Observation
- Experiment III
- Observation
- Experiment IV
- Observation
- Experiment V
- Observation
- Experiment VI
- Observation
- TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
- TO THOMAS CUSHING
- TO DR. PRIESTLEY
- TO MISS GEORGIANA SHIPLEY1
- CCCCLVI: THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT DREAMS
- TO MR. BACHE
- TO JOHN BARTRAM
- TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
- TO LORD STIRLING
- TO GOVERNOR WILLIAM FRANKLIN
- TO MR. TIMOTHY
- TO THOMAS CUSHING
- CCCCLXIV: PREFACE BY THE BRITISH EDITOR
- TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN
- TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY
- TO MR. ABEL JAMES
- TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN
- ANSWER TO M. DUBOURG’S QUERIES RESPECTING THE ARMONICA
- SOME DIRECTIONS FOR DRAWING OUT THE TONES FROM THE GLASSES OF THE ARMONICA
- CCCCLXX: SETTLEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER1
- DR. FRANKLIN’S ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING REPORT
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