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 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. Private Correspondence. CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND. PART III. LETTERS RELATING TO NEGOCIATIONS FOR [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, to Mr. Hutton, Feb. 1, 1778 to ditto, Feb. 12, 1778 to David Hartley, esq. M.P. Feb. 12, 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 William Alexander, esq. to Dr. Franklin, March 19, 1780 VOL. II. PAGE 1 15 16 ib. 18 ib. b Dr. Franklin to Count de Vergennes, April 24, 1778 Dr. Franklin, in answer to a letter from Brussels, July 1, in answer to the propositions of quitting the to David Hartley, esq. Feb. 22, 1779 From D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, April 22, 1779 to ditto, Feb. 2, 1780 21 22 23 24 30 33 34 36 42 44 47 50 51 ib. 52 54 ib. 55 ib. 61 62 63 66 From D. Hartley, esq. to Dr. Franklin, July 17, 1780 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 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 Col. Hartley, M.P. to Dr. Franklin, Feb. 28, 1782 to Dr. Franklin, March 21, 1782 Mr. Thomas Digges to Dr. Franklin, March 22, 1782, 80 84 86 88 89 91 94 98 Dr. Franklin to Robert R. Livingston, esq. March 30, 1782 101 to J. Adams, esq. March 31, 1782 - 102 |