To William Parsons. 22 February, 1757.

Mission to England.

To Miss Catherine Ray. 3 March.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 5 April.

On his Journey to New York, where he is to take Passage

for England.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 19 April.

Habits of Old Age.

To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 21 May.

Domestic Economy.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 27 May.

Delayed at New York. - Lord Loudoun.-Reports of a

French Fleet off the Coast.

To Isaac Norris. 30 May.

The Voyage delayed. - Interviews with Lord Loudoun re-

specting Payment for Servants enlisted into the Army by

the King's Officers in Pennsylvania.

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135

Family Concerns. - Rules of Conduct. - Habits of Indus-

try.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 2 June.

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PART SECOND;

COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL, FROM

THE TIME OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST MISSION TO

ENGLAND, TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN

REVOLUTION. 1757-1775.

1757.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 27 July.

His Arrival in London.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 22 November.

His long Illness.- Dr. Fothergill.-Miscellaneous Affairs.

- Society of agreeable Friends in London. - Mrs. Steven-

son and Miss Mary Stevenson.

From William Strahan to Mrs. Franklin. 13 December..

Remarks on the Character of her Husband. - Invites her

to come to London.

149

149

156

167

Death of Friends. - Hackney Coaches in London.- Ac-

count of various Articles sent to her.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 10 June.

Domestic Concerns. - Governor Denny.- Governor Ham-

ilton.- Taxing the Proprietary Estates in Pennsylvania.

To the Speaker and Committee of the Pennsylvania As-

sembly. 10 June.

Case of Moore and Smith.-- Privileges of the Assembly

affected by a Change of Government. Prejudices in Eng-

land against Pennsylvania.

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To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 6 September.

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Particulars concerning a Tour in England. - Cambridge

University. Account of the Place where his Father was

born, and of several of his Relations, and the Relations of

his Wife.

To Hugh Roberts. 16 September.

The Junto and some of its Members.

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177

180

Further Particulars respecting his Family Connexions. ·

Moral Reflections. - Faith, Hope, Charity.

Political Remarks and Predictions in Regard to America.

William Penn's Portrait.- Recollections of his Visit to

Scotland.

Prospect of Peace. — Canada should be retained. - Con-

dition in which the Laws are sent to England.

To John Hughes. 7 January.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 5 March.

Mr. Strahan proposes to him to settle in England.

To Miss Mary Stevenson. 1 May.

To Lord Kames. 3 May.

Favorable Opinion of a Work by Lord Kames.- Proposes

to write a Treatise on the Art of Virtue.

To Miss Mary Stevenson. 16 May, 1760.

Directions for Reading.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 27 June.

Advises her not to be troubled about Reports concerning

him.Negro School. -Faults of Servants.-Marriages.

David Edwards.

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From Isaac Norris to B. Franklin. 26 September.

Orders to receive the Parliamentary Grants of Money for

Pennsylvania. - State of Affairs in the Province.

Journey in England and Wales.

To Lord Kames. 27 September.

To David Hume. 27 September.

The "Historical Review."-Duke of Bedford.

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201

204

207

Expedition. Mr. Hume's Essay on the "Jealousy of Com-

merce."- Use of New Words.

On the Means of Disposing an Enemy to Peace; purporting

to be a Chapter from an Old Book.

1761.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 14 September.

Tour in Holland and Flanders.

To Miss Mary Stevenson. 29 October.

To Lord Kames. November.

Remarks upon the "Introduction to the Art of Thinking."

-The "Art of Virtue." - Dr. Cullen.

of Equity." Mr. Morgan.

1762.

To Miss Mary Stevenson. 8 March..

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 24 March.

Death of Mrs. Franklin's Mother.

The "Principles

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224

226

234

235

To Lord Kames. 17 August.

Farewell on leaving England. - Favorable Notice of his

"Elements of Criticism."

To Mr. Whiteford. 7 December.

William Franklin appointed Governor of New Jersey.-

The Taking of Havana. - Painting and Poetry in America.

British Lyre.

1763.

To Mrs. Catherine Greene. 23 January.

236

239

240

240

242

244

To Miss Mary Stevenson. 25 March.

245

Arrival in America.- Recollection of his Friends in Eng-

land.

From Richard Jackson to B. Franklin. 4 April.

Congratulation on his Arrival in America. — Pennsylvania

Affairs.

To Jonathan Williams. 13 April.

To Miss Mary Stevenson. 10 June.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 16 June.
To William Greene. 19 July. .

To Mrs. Catherine Greene. 1 August.

To Mrs. Catherine Greene.

To Mrs. Catherine Greene.

5 September.

To Miss Mary Stevenson. 14 March.

To Jonathan Williams. 24 May.

To George Whitefield. 19 June.

Confidence in the Divine Goodness.

From Henry Bouquet to B. Franklin. 22 August.

Services rendered by Franklin in forwarding the Operations

of the late War.

From a Committee of Rhode Island to B. Franklin. 8 Oct. 264

Proceedings of the Rhode Island Assembly for opposing

the Design of Parliament to tax the Colonies.

272

276

281

To Jonathan Williams. 3 November, 1764.

Second Mission to England.

To Sarah Franklin. 8 November.

Paternal Advice. - Devotion and Attendance at Church.

On the Eve of sailing for England.

From Richard Jackson to B. Franklin. 18 November.

Pennsylvania Affairs. Chief Justice Allen. Conse-

quences of a Change of Government doubtful.

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From Joseph Galloway to B. Franklin. 23 November. .

Defects of the Proprietary Government. Its unequal Ad-

ministration.Appointments to Office.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 9 December.

Arrival in England.

1765.

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To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 9 February.
From Joseph Galloway to B. Franklin. 27 February.

Alarm in Pennsylvania on the News being received, that

the Petitions of the Assembly had been rejected by the

King.

To the Editor of a Newspaper. 20 May.

Humorous Account of News-writers, and of the Intelli-

gence often contained in Newspapers.

To Lord Kames. 2 June.

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Describes his Passage from England to America. — Island

of Madeira. Transactions in Pennsylvania. — Insurrec-

tion of the Frontier Inhabitants, and Massacre of the In-

dians. Not elected to the Assembly. His Return to

England as Agent for Pennsylvania.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 4 June.

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283

284

287

291

295

Domestic Affairs. - Acknowledgment of Divine Goodness.

From Thomas Wharton to B. Franklin. 24 June.

297

Dissatisfaction in Pennsylvania respecting the Stamp Act.

-A Congress at New York proposed.- Virginia Resolu-
tions.

To Hugh Roberts. 7 July.

Political Adversaries.-The Old Junto.

To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 13 July.

From Joseph Galloway to B. Franklin. 29 November..

Transmitting a Memorial from the Merchants of Philadel-

phia to the Merchants and Manufacturers in Great Britain.

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