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THE

Private Correspondence

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.

COMPRISING

A. SERIES OF LETTERS

ON

MISCELLANEOUS, LITERARY, AND POLITICAL SUBJECTS: WRITTEN BETWEEN THE YEARS 1753 AND 1790;

ILLUSTRATING THE

Memoirs of his Public and Private Life,

AND DEVELOPING

THE SECRET HISTORY

OF HIS

POLITICAL TRANSACTIONS AND NEGOCIATIONS. PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINALS

BY HIS GRANDSON

WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

THIRD EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN, CONDUIT STREET.

1818.

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Private Correspondence.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND.

PART III.

LETTERS RELATING TO NEGOCIATIONS FOR
PEACE, &c.

[THIS PART, Consisting entirely of Letters and Documents relative to the same subject, namely-Overtures and Negociations for Peace and Commerce between Great Britain and the United States of America; it has been deemed unnecessary to precede each Letter (as in the former Parts) by a Note of its particular Contents.]

Dr. Franklin to David Hartley, esq. M.P. Passy, near Paris,
Oct. 14, 1777

to Mr. Hutton, Feb. 1, 1778

to ditto, Feb. 12, 1778

to David Hartley, esq. M.P. Feb. 12, 1778
to ditto, Feb. 26, 1778

to Mr. Hutton, March 24, 1778

to William Pulteney, esq. M.P. March 30, 1778 William Alexander, esq. to Dr. Franklin, April 4, 1778 Dr. Franklin to Dr. Bancroft, April 16, 1778

to his Excellency Jos. Reed, esq. March 19, 1780
Certificate of William Alexander, esq. March 19,
1780

William Alexander, esq. to Dr. Franklin, March 19, 1780

VOL. II.

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Dr. Franklin to Count de Vergennes, April 24, 1778
Count de Vergennes to Dr. Franklin, April 25, 1778
D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, April 29, 1778
Dr. Franklin in answer to the foregoing, April 29, 1778
Anonymous to Dr. Franklin, May 20, 1778

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Dr. Franklin, in answer to a letter from Brussels, July 1,
1778

in answer to the propositions of quitting the
alliance with France, Feb. 3, 1779

to David Hartley, esq. Feb. 22, 1779
to ditto, March 21, 1779

From D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, April 22, 1779
Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, esq. May 4, 1779

to ditto, Feb. 2, 1780

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From D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, July 17, 1780
Dr. Franklin to his Excellency J. Adams, esq. April 29,

1781

to D. Hartley, esq. June 30, 1781

to his Excellency J. Adams, esq. Oct. 5, 1781

to ditto, Oct. 12, 1781

William Alexander, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Dec. 15, 1781
Dr. Franklin to Mr. Alexander, in answer, Dec. 15, 1781

to D. Hartley, esq. Dec. 15, 1781

D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Jan. 2, 1782

Conciliatory Bill

to Dr. Franklin, P.S. Jan. 8, 1782

Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, esq. Jan. 15, 1782

William Alexander, esq. to D. Hartley, esq. Jan. 25, 1782 71

D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Jan. 24, 1782

D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Feb. 1, 1782

Dr. Franklin to D. Hartley, esq. Feb. 16, 1782

D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, Feb. 28, 1782

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Col. Hartley, M.P. to Dr. Franklin, Feb. 28, 1782
Edmund Burke, M. P. to Dr. Franklin, Feb. 28, 1782
Dr. Franklin to Robert R. Livingston, esq. March 4, 1782
William Alexander, esq. to Dr. Franklin, March 3, 1782
Dr. Franklin to Robert R. Livingston, esq. March 9, 1782
D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, March 11, 1782
D. Hartley, esq. M. P. to Dr. Franklin, March 12, 1782
Votes of the Commons, Feb, 27, 1782.

to Dr. Franklin, March 21, 1782

Mr. Thomas Digges to Dr. Franklin, March 22, 1782,
J. Adams, esq. to Dr. Franklin, March 26, 1782

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Dr. Franklin to Robert R. Livingston, esq. March 30, 1782 101 to J. Adams, esq. March 31, 1782

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