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The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. VII Letters and Misc. Writings 1775-1779

Volume 7 of a 12 volume collection of Franklin’s works. Vol. 7 contains letters and miscellaneous writings from 1775 to 1779 when he was the first United States Postmaster General (July, 1775 – November, 1776) and then United States Minister to France (September, 1778 – May, 1785).

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. VII (Letters and Misc. Writings 1775-1779).

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII
DXCVIII: AN ACCOUNT OF NEGOTIATIONS IN LONDON FOR EFFECTING A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN COLONIES (Continued.)
TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
TO MRS. JANE MECOM
TO MR. STRAHAN1
TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
TO MRS. MARY HEWSON
TO PETER V. B. LIVINGSTON1
TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
TO A FRIEND IN ENGLAND1
TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS1
TO HIS MOST SERENE HIGHNESS, DON GABRIEL OF BOURBON
DCIX: ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND PERPETUAL UNION, PROPOSED IN GENERAL CONGRESS1
DCX: VINDICATION AND OFFER FROM CONGRESS TO PARLIAMENT2
DCXI: THE BRITISH NATION, AS IT APPEARED TO THE COLONISTS IN 17751
TO CHARLES LEE1
TO CHARLES LEE
FROM DAVID HARTLEY1
TO PHILIP SCHUYLER1
TO LORD STIRLING1
TO JOSIAH QUINCY
TO PHILIP SCHUYLER
TO THE COMMISSIONERS IN CANADA1
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
TO HORATIO GATES
DCXXII: SKETCH OF PROPOSITIONS FOR A PEACE1
TO PHILIP MAZZEI
DCXXIV: CORRESPONDENCE AND INTERVIEW WITH LORD HOWE1
FROM LORD HOWE
TO LORD HOWE
FROM LORD HOWE
TO LORD HOWE
FROM LORD HOWE
TO THOMAS MORRIS
TO SILAS DEANE
TO M. BARBEU DUBOURG
TO JOHN HANCOCK, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS2
TO THE COMMITTEE OF SECRET CORRESPONDENCE
TO THE COUNT DE VERGENNES
DCXXXI: COMPARISON OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES IN REGARD TO THE BASIS OF CREDIT IN THE TWO COUNTRIES1
TO THE COMMITTEE OF SECRET CORRESPONDENCE
TO MRS. MARY HEWSON
TO JULIANA RITCHIE
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO MR. T. MORRIS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CAPT. NICHOLSON
SUPPOSED TO BE TO M. MONTAUDOIN
TO MRS. MARY HEWSON
TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
FROM WILLIAM DODD
TO JOHN INGENHOUSZ
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE GERMAINE, ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE TO THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN
TO MRS. THOMPSON, AT LISLE
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON1
FROM GEORGIANA SHIPLEY
FROM THE COUNT DE SCHAUMBERGH TO THE BARON HOHENDORF, COMMANDING THE HESSIAN TROOPS IN AMERICA
TO RICHARD PETERS1
TO ARTHUR LEE1
TO M. LITH
TO COUNT D’ARANDA, SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF FRANCE
TO MR. RYBOT
TO RICHARD BACHE, ESQ.
TO THE BISHOP OF TRICOMIE
TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE VISCOUNT DE PONTE DE LIMA, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL
TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE AMBASSADOR FROM PORTUGAL
TO THOMAS CUSHING
TO SAMUEL COOPER
TO JOHN WINTHROP
TO A FRIEND
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON
TO CAPT. JOHNSON
TO GEN. WASHINGTON
TO RICHARD PETERS
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO A FRIEND1
TO CAPTAIN THOMPSON AND C. HINMAN
TO MR. THORNTON
TO SIR GREY COOPER
TO JAMES LOVELL1
DCLXXII: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN BRITAIN, FRANCE, SPAIN, HOLLAND, SAXONY, AND AMERICA
DCLXXIII: A CATECHISM RELATIVE TO THE ENGLISH NATIONAL DEBT
TO RALPH IZARD
TO JAMES HUTTON1
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO THOMAS CUSHING
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO M. GÉRARD
TO M. GÉRARD
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO MRS. CATHERINE GREENE
A TRUE HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND THE AUTHOR OF THE STAMP ACT
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO JAMES HUTTON
TO RALPH IZARD
TO WILLIAM PULTENEY1
TO MR. PRESIDENT LAURENS
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
TO MONSIEUR GÉRARD
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO THE GRAND PENSIONARY OF HOLLAND
TO M. DUMAS1
TO EDWARD BANCROFT1
FROM DAVID HARTLEY
DR. FRANKLIN’S ANSWER
TO COUNT DE VERGENNES
FROM THE COUNT DE VERGENNES
TO MR. JN. ROSS1
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO JAMES HUTTON
TO AN ENGRAVER IN PARIS
PROPOSED LETTER TO LORD NORTH1 CONCERNING PRISONERS
TO CHARLES DE WEISSENSTEIN1
TO MR. GRAND
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO JAMES LOVELL
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO JOHN PAUL JONES
TO DAVID HARTLEY
DCCXVII: FRANKLIN’S NOTES ON THE CONDITION OF HIS HEALTH FROM 1778-80
TO F. GRAND1
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO MR. GRAND
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO DR. PRIESTLEY (PROBABLY)
DCCXXIV: B. FRANKLIN’S PERSONAL EXPENSE ACCOUNT WITH CONGRESS DURING HIS FIRST TWO YEARS’ OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN PARIS
DCCXXV: THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE
TO MADAME BRILLON, OF PASSY
DCCXXVI: THE WHISTLE
TO MADAME BRILLON
DCCXXVII: A PETITION OF THE LEFT HAND
DCCXXVIII: SKETCH OF AN ENGLISH SCHOOL
DCCXXIX: THE HANDSOME AND DEFORMED LEG
DCCXXX: MORALS OF CHESS
DCCXXXI: A TALE
DCCXXXII: AN ARABIAN TALE
DCCXXXIII: AURORA BOREALIS1
DCCXXXIV: TO MADAME HELVETIUS
DCCXXXV: TO MADAME HELVETIUS, AT AUTEUIL
TO L’ABBÉ DE LA ROCHE, AT AUTEUIL
DCCXXXVII: TO L’ABBÉ DE LA ROCHE
TO L’ABBÉ MORELLET
DCCXXXIX: AN ECONOMICAL PROJECT
DCCXL: THE LEVEE1
DCCXLI: PROPOSED NEW VERSION OF THE BIBLE
DCCXLII: APOLOGUE1
FROM SAMUEL COOPER TO B. FRANKLIN
TO RALPH IZARD1
TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
FROM DAVID HARTLEY
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO MRS. MARGARET STEVENSON
TO MESSRS. LLOYD AND OTHERS
TO DAVID HARTLEY
Scene.—Mount’s Bay.
TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS, JR.
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO M. DUMAS
FROM ARTHUR LEE
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO DAVID HARTLEY
TO COUNT DE VERGENNES
TO VERGENNES
TO PATRICK HENRY, GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
TO VERGENNES
PASSPORTS FOR MORAVIAN VESSELS, AND FOR CAPTAIN COOK1
TO MM. HILLS, PARKES, ADAMS, DEGGE, BUCKLEY, ELWOOD, AND WARREN, OFFICERS ON BOARD THE “ALLIANCE”
TO ARTHUR LEE
TO MESSRS. W. BLAKE, D. BLAKE, J. JOHNSON, P. R. FENDALL, J. WHARTON, M. RIDLEY, I. ROSS, — LLOYD, — OGILVIE, AND J. D. SCHWEIGHAUSER, MERCHANTS NOW AT NANTES
TO HONORABLE ARTHUR LEE, ESQ.

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