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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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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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