The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 5

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Бенджамин Франклин. The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 5

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CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS. 1768 - 1772. CCCXXXIV. TO M. DUBOURG Ref. 002

CCCXXXV. TO JOHN WINTHROP

CCCXXXVI: PETITION OF THE LETTER Z

CCCXXXVII. TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN

CCCXXXVIII. TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY

CCCXXXIX. TO M. DUBOURG. Ref. 010

CCCXL. TO DUPONT DE NEMOURS Ref. 011

CCCXLI. TO JOHN ALLEYNE, ESQ

CCCXLII: A SCHEME FOR A NEW ALPHABET AND REFORMED MODE OF SPELLING WITH REMARKS AND EXAMPLES CONCERNING THE SAME, AND AN ENQUIRY INTO ITS USES, IN A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MISS STEVENSON AND DR. FRANKLIN, WRITTEN IN THE CHARACTERS OF THE ALPHABET Ref. 012

CCCXLIII. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCXLIV. FROM JOSEPH GALLOWAY TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCXLV. TO MISS MARY STEVENSON

CCCXLVI. TO A FRIEND

CCCXLVII. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCXLVIII. TO MICHAEL COLLINSON, ESQ

CCCXLIX. TO LORD KAMES

CCCL. TO JOHN BARTRAM

CCCLI. TO M. LE ROY

CCCLII. TO LORD KAMES

CCCLIII. TO MRS. JANE MECOM

CCCLIV. TO SAMUEL COOPER, AT BOSTON

CCCLV. TO JOHN WINTHROP

CCCLVI: POSITIONS TO BE EXAMINED, CONCERNING NATIONAL WEALTH

CCCLVII. TO SAMUEL COOPER

CCCLVIII. TO MRS. JANE MECOM

CCCLXIX: TO THE LONDON CHRONICLE Ref. 032

CCCLX. TO MISS MARY STEVENSON

CCCLXI. TO THE COMMITTEE OF MERCHANTS IN PHILADELPHIA

CCCLXII. TO JOHN BARTRAM

CCCLXIII. TO JAMES BOWDOIN

CCCLXIV. TO M. DUBOURG Ref. 035

CCCLXV. FROM MISS MARY STEVENSON TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCLXVI. TO MISS MARY STEVENSON

CCCLXVII. TO CADWALLADER EVANS

CCCLXVIII. TO SAMUEL COOPER

CCCLXIX: ON VENTILATION

CCCLXX. TO MISS MARY STEVENSON

CCCLXXI: QUERIES BY MR. STRAHAN RESPECTING AMERICAN AFFAIRS, AND DR. FRANKLIN’S ANSWERS

W. STRAHAN TO B. FRANKLIN Ref. 042

THE ANSWER

CCCLXXII: STATE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COLONIES Ref. 049

WITH REMARKS BY DR. FRANKLIN

CCCLXXIII: OBSERVATIONS ON PASSAGES IN “AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE DISPUTES BETWEEN THE BRITISH COLONIES IN AMERICA AND THEIR MOTHER COUNTRY.”

CCCLXXIV: OBSERVATIONS ON PASSAGES IN A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED “THE TRUE CONSTITUTIONAL MEANS FOR PUTTING AN END TO THE DISPUTES BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN COLONIES.”

CCCLXXV. TO M. DUBOURG Ref. 059

CCCLXXVI. TO JOHN BARTRAM

CCCLXXVII. TO MISS MARY STEVENSON

CCCLXXVIII. TO NEVIL MASKELYNE, ASTRONOMER ROYAL

CCCLXXIX. TO MICHAEL HILLEGAS

CCCLXXX. TO A FRIEND IN AMERICA

CCCLXXXI. TO SAMUEL COOPER

CCCLXXXII. TO MISS MARY STEVENSON

CCCLXXXIII. TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS

CCCLXXXIV. TO SAMUEL COOPER Ref. 062

CCCLXXXV. TO SAMUEL FRANKLIN

CCCLXXXVI. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCLXXXVII. TO SAMUEL RHOADS

CCCLXXXVIII. TO MRS. MARY HEWSON Ref. 065

CCCLXXXIX. TO CADWALLADER EVANS

CCCXC: THE CRAVEN-STREET GAZETTE Ref. 067

CCCXCI. TO M. DUBOURG

CCCXCII. TO DUPONT DE NEMOURS

CCCXCIII. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCXCIV. FROM DEBORAH FRANKLIN TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCXCV. FROM SAMUEL COOPER TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCXCVI. TO THOMAS CUSHING Ref. 069

CCCXCVII. TO MRS. JANE MECOM

CCCXCVIII. TO THOMAS CUSHING

CCCXCIX. TO SAMUEL COOPER

CCCC. TO CADWALLADER EVANS

CCCCI. TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS

CCCCII. TO MRS. WILLIAMS

CCCCIII. TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN

CCCCIV. FROM SAMUEL RHOADS TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCCV. TO THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE IN MASSACHUSETTS Ref. 077

CCCCVI. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCCVII. TO JONATHAN SHIPLEY, BISHOP OF ASAPH

CCCCVIII. TO NOBLE WIMBERLY JONES

CCCCIX. TO CADWALLADER EVANS

CCCCX. FROM SAMUEL COOPER TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCCXI. TO SAMUEL FRANKLIN

CCCCXII. TO JOHN BARTRAM

CCCCXIII. TO CADWALLADER EVANS

CCCCXIV. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCCXV: PLAN FOR BENEFITING DISTANT UNPROVIDED COUNTRIES

CCCCXVI: CONCERNING THE PROVISION MADE IN CHINA AGAINST FAMINE Ref. 082

CCCCXVII. TO MR. WILLIAM STRAHAN

CCCCXVIII. TO THOMAS PERCIVAL Ref. 083

CCCCXIX. TO MRS. MARY HEWSON

CCCCXX. TO MRS. JANE MECOM

CCCCXXI. TO THE COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE IN MASSACHUSETTS

CCCCXXII. TO SAMUEL COOPER

CCCCXXIII. TO JAMES BOWDOIN

CCCCXXIV. TO JOSHUA BABCOCK

CCCCXXV. TO THOMAS CUSHING

CCCCXXVI. TO SAMUEL FRANKLIN

CCCCXXVII. TO EZRA STILES

CCCCXXVIII. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCCXXIX. TO MRS. SARAH BACHE

CCCCXXX. TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN

CCCCXXXI: MAYZ, OR INDIAN CORN

CCCCXXXII: PRECAUTIONS TO BE USED BY THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE A SEA VOYAGE

CCCCXXXIII: TOLERATION IN OLD ENGLAND AND NEW ENGLAND Ref. 091

CCCCXXXIV. TO JOHN FOXCROFT

CCCCXXXV. TO CADWALLADER EVANS

CCCCXXXVI. FROM DAVID HUME TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCCXXXVII. TO THOMAS CUSHING

CCCCXXXVIII. TO M. LE ROY

CCCCXXXIX. TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY

CCCCXL. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCCXLI. TO MAJOR DAWSON, ENGINEER Ref. 099

CCCCXLII. FROM JOSEPH PRIESTLEY TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCCXLIII. TO MR. MASERES

CCCCXLIV. FROM JOSEPH PRIESTLEY TO B. FRANKLIN

CCCCXLV. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCCXLVI. TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN

CCCCXLVII. TO GOVERNOR FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY

CCCCXLVIII. TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN

CCCCXLIX: REPORT ON LIGHTNING-CONDUCTORS FOR THE POWDER MAGAZINES AT PURFLEET

CCCCL. TO MR. ANTHONY BENEZET, Ref. 104 PHILADELPHIA

CCCCLI: EXPERIMENTS, OBSERVATIONS, AND FACTS, TENDING TO SUPPORT THE OPINION OF THE UTILITY OF LONG, POINTED RODS, FOR SECURING BUILDINGS FROM DAMAGE BY STROKES OF LIGHTNING

CCCCLII. TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY

CCCCLIII. TO THOMAS CUSHING

CCCCLIV. TO DR. PRIESTLEY

CCCCLV. TO MISS GEORGIANA SHIPLEY Ref. 110

epitaph

CCCCLVI: THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT DREAMS

CCCCLVII. TO MR. BACHE

CCCCLVIII. TO JOHN BARTRAM

CCCCLIX. TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS

CCCCLX. TO LORD STIRLING

CCCCLXI. TO GOVERNOR WILLIAM FRANKLIN

CCCCLXII. TO MR. TIMOTHY

CCCCLXIII. TO THOMAS CUSHING

CCCCLXIV: PREFACE BY THE BRITISH EDITOR

CCCCLXV. TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN

CCCCLXVI. TO JOSEPH GALLOWAY

CCCCLXVII. TO MR. ABEL JAMES

CCCCLXVIII. TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN

CCCCLXIX. ANSWER TO M. DUBOURG’S QUERIES RESPECTING THE ARMONICA

SOME DIRECTIONS FOR DRAWING OUT THE TONES FROM THE GLASSES OF THE ARMONICA

CCCCLXX: SETTLEMENT ON THE OHIO RIVER Ref. 122

DR. FRANKLIN’S ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING REPORT

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I received your kind letter of November 5th, and the box directed to the King is since come to hand. I have written a line to our late dear friend’s son Ref. 021 (who must be best acquainted with the usual manner of transacting your affairs here), to know whether he will take charge of the delivery of it; if not, to request he would inform me how or to whom it is to be sent for the King. I expect his answer in a day or two, and I shall, when I see him, inquire how your pension is hereafter to be applied for and received, though I suppose he has written to you before this time. Ref. 022

I hope your health continues, as mine does hitherto; but I wish you would now decline your long and dangerous peregrinations in search of new plants, and remain safe and quiet at home, employing your leisure hours in a work that is much wanted, and which no one besides is so capable of performing. I mean the writing a Natural History of our country. I imagine it would prove profitable to you, and I am sure it would do you honor. My respects and best wishes attend Mrs. Bartram and your family. With sincere esteem, I am, as ever, your affectionate friend,

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