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Cleveland Public Lit
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d MAN 191t
CONTENTS
OF
VOLUME SEVENTH.
CORRESPONDENCE.
PART FIRST;
COMPRISING PRIVATE LETTERS TO THE TIME OF THE
AUTHOR'S FIRST MISSION TO ENGLAND. 1725-1757.
To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 19 June.
Family Afflictions. - Singular Instance of Mortality.
1738.
To Josiah Franklin. 13 April..
Religious Opinions and Practice.-Freemasons.
1743.
To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 28 July.
Religion.- Charity.
To Edward and Jane Mecom.
To Mrs. Jane Mecom.
Condition of Apprentices, and Habits of Boys.
1744.
To Josiah and Abiah Franklin. 6 September.
Remedies for the Stone and Gravel.
1745.
Humorous Remarks on the Expedition against Cape Breton.
To James Read. 17 August.
To John Franklin.
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Apprehensions of an Attack from the Enemy.
To Cadwallader Colden. 1 October.
To Cadwallader Colden. 27 November.
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of Defence. He applies for Cannon from New York.
From R. Peters to John and Richard Penn. 29 Nov.
Origin of the Association for the Defence of the Province,
and the Part taken by Franklin in forming it.
From James Logan to B. Franklin. 3 December.
To James Logan. 4 December.
Fortifications on the Delaware River.
1748.
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24
28
To Cadwallader Colden. 27 January.
29
Procuring Cannon for Defence. - Sale of Books. — Opinion
of Mr. Colden's "History of the Five Nations."
To James Logan. 27 January.
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Cannon from Boston.-Insurance on Lottery Tickets.
Progress in the Erection of Batteries.- Diligence of the
People in attending Military Exercises.
Plans for retiring from Business and declining Public Em-
ployment.-Governor Shirley. -Peter Kalm, the Swedish
Botanist.
To James Logan. 30 October..
Particulars respecting Peter Kalm.-Mr. Sandin, a Swe-
dish Missionary.
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41
Private Affairs and Family Incidents.
From Cadwallader Colden to B. Franklin. November.
Instructers in Colleges and their Location. Subjects to
be studied. The Learned Languages.
1750.
To Samuel Johnson. 23 August.
Value of Education in Promoting the Strength of a State
and the Virtue of the People. -Increase of Congregations
in Churches.
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44
47
50
Philadelphia
Academy.- Barometer, Thermometer, and Hygrometer.-
Ingenious Defence of Self-applause.
On his Agricultural Essays.
To Cadwallader Colden. 14 May.
Intercession for a Printer, who had offended the Governor
of New York.
To Edward and Jane Mecom. 21 May.
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57
58
Death of his Mother. - Consolations in Affliction. Acqui-
escence in the Dispensations of Providence.
On the Establishing of his Nephew as a Printer in Antigua.
1753.
To Cadwallader Colden. 1 January.
61
Concerning Papers on Electricity. - Abbé Nollet.-Dali-
bard.
To Peter Collinson. 9 May, 1753.
66
Poverty and Idleness.-Difficulty of Instructing the Indians
in the Arts of Civilized Life.- Condition and Character of
the Germans in Pennsylvania.
To George Whitefield. 6 June.
74
Motives with which Benefits should be conferred.-Faith
Indian Affairs.-Abbé Nollet's Book, and Dalibard's An-
Remarks on the Plan of a Union of the Colonies. Bec-
caria's Work on Electricity.
State of the Army.- Mitchell's Map. - John Bartram.
To Jared Eliot. 1 September.
88
To Miss Catherine Ray. 11 September.
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Introducing Mr. Bartram and Mr. Alison.
From William Shirley to B. Franklin. 17 September.
Applauds his Service to the Public in aiding Braddock's
Expedition.
To William Shirley. 23 October.
Thanks, and Proffers of Service.
To James Read. 2 November..
Arms and Ammunition sent to the Frontiers.
To William Parsons. 5 December. .
Money appropriated for the Defence of the Frontiers.-A
Militia Act passed.— Arms and Powder provided.
To William Parsons. 15 December.
Troops sent to the Frontiers.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 27 December.
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106
1756.
Commission from Governor Morris. 5 January.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 15 January.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 25 January.
Humorous Account of his Situation at Gnadenhutten.
To a Friend. 25 January.
March of the Troops to Gnadenhutten, and the Building of
a Fort at that Place.
To Robert Hunter Morris. 26 January.
Transactions at Gnadenhutten.- Number and Position of
the Troops.
108
Concerning a Nephew, whom he had established as a
Printer in Antigua.
To William Parsons. 28 June. .
On Military Affairs.,
119
Indians regardless of their Treaty. Six Nations. -Re-
cruits should march to the Frontiers.
Conveyance of the Mail for the Accommodation of the
Army.
To Mrs. Deborah Franklin. 13 November.
Conference with the Indians at Easton.
To Edward and Jane Mecom. 30 December.
Sends Papers relating to Pennsylvania. - Bills of the As-
sembly rejected by the Governor.
To Mrs. Jane Mecom. 21 February.
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