MEMOIRS

OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,

LL.D. F.R.S. &c.

MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
AT THE COURT OF FRANCE, AND FOR THE TREATY OF PEACE
AND INDEPENDENCE WITH GREAT BRITAIN, &c. &c.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF TO A LATE PERIOD,

AND CONTINUED TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH

BY HIS GRANDSON,

WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN.

COMPRISING the

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

And Public Negociations of Dr. Franklin.

AND HIS SELECT

POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.

PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.

ASTOR LIBRARY

NEW-YORK

THIRD EDITION.

VOL. IV.

CORRESPONDENCE.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN, CONDUIT STREET.

1818.