The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 7

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Бенджамин Франклин. The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 7

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CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS. 1775 - 1779. DXCVIII: AN ACCOUNT OF NEGOTIATIONS IN LONDON FOR EFFECTING A RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN COLONIES (Continued.)

“To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty:

“To the Right Honorable Lord Dartmouth

“Hints

“To the Honorable Mrs. Howe:

“LORD NORTH’S MOTION, FEBRUARY 20, 1775

DXCIX. TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY

DC. TO MRS. JANE MECOM

DCI. TO MR. STRAHAN Ref. 012

DCII. TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY

DCIII. TO MRS. MARY HEWSON

DCIV. TO PETER V. B. LIVINGSTON Ref. 014

DCV. TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY

DCVI. TO A FRIEND IN ENGLAND Ref. 016

DCVII. TO CHARLES W. F. DUMAS Ref. 017

DCVIII. TO HIS MOST SERENE HIGHNESS, DON GABRIEL OF BOURBON

DCIX: ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND PERPETUAL UNION, PROPOSED IN GENERAL CONGRESS Ref. 019. ARTICLE I

ARTICLE II

ARTICLE III

ARTICLE IV

ARTICLE V

ARTICLE VI

ARTICLE VII

ARTICLE VIII

ARTICLE IX

ARTICLE X

ARTICLE XI

ARTICLE XII

ARTICLE XIII

DCX: VINDICATION AND OFFER FROM CONGRESS TO PARLIAMENT Ref. 023

DCXI: THE BRITISH NATION, AS IT APPEARED TO THE COLONISTS IN 1775 Ref. 029

DCXII. TO CHARLES LEE Ref. 030

DCXIII. TO CHARLES LEE

DCXIV. FROM DAVID HARTLEY Ref. 032

DCXV. TO PHILIP SCHUYLER Ref. 033

DCXVI. TO LORD STIRLING Ref. 035

DCXVII. TO JOSIAH QUINCY

DCXVIII. TO PHILIP SCHUYLER

DCXIX. TO THE COMMISSIONERS IN CANADA Ref. 037

DCXX. TO GEORGE WASHINGTON

DCXXI. TO HORATIO GATES

DCXXII: SKETCH OF PROPOSITIONS FOR A PEACE Ref. 039

DCXXIII. TO PHILIP MAZZEI

DCXXIV: CORRESPONDENCE AND INTERVIEW WITH LORD HOWE Ref. 040

FROM LORD HOWE

TO LORD HOWE

FROM LORD HOWE

TO LORD HOWE

FROM LORD HOWE

DCXXV. TO THOMAS MORRIS

DCXXVI. TO SILAS DEANE

DCXXVII. TO M. BARBEU DUBOURG

DCXXVIII. TO JOHN HANCOCK, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS Ref. 048

DCXXIX. TO THE COMMITTEE OF SECRET CORRESPONDENCE

DCXXX. TO THE COUNT DE VERGENNES

DCXXXI: COMPARISON OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES IN REGARD TO THE BASIS OF CREDIT IN THE TWO COUNTRIES Ref. 049

DCXXXII. TO THE COMMITTEE OF SECRET CORRESPONDENCE

DCXXXIII. TO MRS. MARY HEWSON

DCXXXIV. TO JULIANA RITCHIE

DCXXXV. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS

DCXXXVI. TO MR. T. MORRIS

DCXXXVII. INSTRUCTIONS TO CAPT. NICHOLSON

DCXXXVIII. SUPPOSED TO BE TO M. MONTAUDOIN

DCXXXIX. TO MRS. MARY HEWSON

DCXL. TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY

DCXLI. FROM WILLIAM DODD

DCXLII. TO JOHN INGENHOUSZ

DCXLIII. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE GERMAINE, ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE TO THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN

DCXLIV. TO MRS. THOMPSON, AT LISLE

DCXLV. TO GENERAL WASHINGTON Ref. 058

DCXLVI. FROM GEORGIANA SHIPLEY

DCXLVII. FROM THE COUNT DE SCHAUMBERGH TO THE BARON HOHENDORF, COMMANDING THE HESSIAN TROOPS IN AMERICA

DCXLVIII. TO RICHARD PETERS Ref. 061

DCXLIX. TO ARTHUR LEE Ref. 062

DCL. TO M. LITH

DCLI. TO COUNT D’ARANDA, SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF FRANCE

DCLII. TO MR. RYBOT

DCLIII. TO RICHARD BACHE, ESQ

DCLIV. TO THE BISHOP OF TRICOMIE

DCLV. TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE VISCOUNT DE PONTE DE LIMA, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL

DCLVI. TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE AMBASSADOR FROM PORTUGAL

DCLVII. TO THOMAS CUSHING

DCLVIII. TO SAMUEL COOPER

DCLIX. TO JOHN WINTHROP

DCLX. TO A FRIEND

DCLXI. TO GEORGE WASHINGTON

DCLXII. TO GEORGE WASHINGTON

DCLXIII. TO CAPT. JOHNSON

DCLXIV. TO GEN. WASHINGTON

DCLXV. TO RICHARD PETERS

DCLXVI. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCLXVII. TO A FRIEND Ref. 068

DCLXVIII. TO CAPTAIN THOMPSON AND C. HINMAN

DCLXIX. TO MR. THORNTON

DCLXX. TO SIR GREY COOPER

DCLXXI. TO JAMES LOVELL Ref. 071

DCLXXII: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN BRITAIN, FRANCE, SPAIN, HOLLAND, SAXONY, AND AMERICA

DCLXXIII: A CATECHISM RELATIVE TO THE ENGLISH NATIONAL DEBT

DCLXXIV. TO RALPH IZARD

DCLXXV. TO JAMES HUTTON Ref. 080

DCLXXVI. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCLXXVII. TO THOMAS CUSHING

DCLXXVIII. TO ARTHUR LEE

DCLXXIX. TO M. GÉRARD

DCLXXX. TO M. GÉRARD

DCLXXXI. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCLXXXII. TO MRS. CATHERINE GREENE

DCLXXXIII. A TRUE HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND THE AUTHOR OF THE STAMP ACT

DCLXXXIV. TO ARTHUR LEE

DCLXXXV. TO JAMES HUTTON

DCLXXXVI. TO RALPH IZARD

DCLXXXVII. TO WILLIAM PULTENEY Ref. 088

DCLXXXVIII. TO MR. PRESIDENT LAURENS

DCLXXXIX. TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS

DCXC. TO MONSIEUR GÉRARD

DCXCI. TO ARTHUR LEE

DCXCII. TO ARTHUR LEE

DCXCIII. TO ARTHUR LEE

DCXCIV. TO THE GRAND PENSIONARY OF HOLLAND

DCXCV. TO M. DUMAS Ref. 091

DCXCVI. TO EDWARD BANCROFT Ref. 092

DCXCVII. FROM DAVID HARTLEY

DR. FRANKLIN’S ANSWER

DCXCVIII. TO COUNT DE VERGENNES

DCXCIX. FROM THE COUNT DE VERGENNES

DCC. TO MR. JN. ROSS Ref. 096

DCCI. TO ARTHUR LEE

DCCII. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCIII. TO JOHN PAUL JONES

DCCIV. TO JOHN PAUL JONES

DCCV. TO JOHN PAUL JONES

DCCVI. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCVII. TO JAMES HUTTON

DCCVIII. TO AN ENGRAVER IN PARIS

DCCIX. PROPOSED LETTER TO LORD NORTH Ref. 100 CONCERNING PRISONERS

DCCX. TO CHARLES DE WEISSENSTEIN Ref. 102

DCCXI. TO MR. GRAND

DCCXII. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCXIII. TO JAMES LOVELL

DCCXIV. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCXV. TO JOHN PAUL JONES

DCCXVI. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCXVII: FRANKLIN’S NOTES ON THE CONDITION OF HIS HEALTH FROM 1778-80

DCCXVIII. TO F. GRAND Ref. 108

DCCXIX. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCXX. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCXXI. TO MR. GRAND

DCCXXII. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCXXIII. TO DR. PRIESTLEY (PROBABLY)

DCCXXIV: B. FRANKLIN’S PERSONAL EXPENSE ACCOUNT WITH CONGRESS DURING HIS FIRST TWO YEARS’ OFFICIAL RESIDENCE IN PARIS

DCCXXV: THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE

TO MADAME BRILLON, OF PASSY

DCCXXVI: THE WHISTLE. TO MADAME BRILLON

DCCXXVII: A PETITION OF THE LEFT HAND

DCCXXVIII: SKETCH OF AN ENGLISH SCHOOL

DCCXXIX: THE HANDSOME AND DEFORMED LEG

DCCXXX: MORALS OF CHESS

DCCXXXI: A TALE

DCCXXXII: AN ARABIAN TALE

DCCXXXIII: AURORA BOREALIS Ref. 116

DCCXXXIV: TO MADAME HELVETIUS

DCCXXXV: TO MADAME HELVETIUS, AT AUTEUIL

DCCXXXVI. TO L’ABBÉ DE LA ROCHE, AT AUTEUIL

DCCXXXVII: TO L’ABBÉ DE LA ROCHE

DCCXXXVIII. TO L’ABBÉ MORELLET

DCCXXXIX: AN ECONOMICAL PROJECT

DCCXL: THE LEVEE Ref. 121

DCCXLI: PROPOSED NEW VERSION OF THE BIBLE

PART OF THE FIRST CHAPTER OF JOB MODERNIZED. Old Text

New Version

DCCXLII: APOLOGUE Ref. 122

DCCXLIII. FROM SAMUEL COOPER TO B. FRANKLIN

DCCXLIV. TO RALPH IZARD Ref. 124

DCCXLV. TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS

DCCXLVI. FROM DAVID HARTLEY

DCCXLVII. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCXLVIII. TO MRS. MARGARET STEVENSON

DCCXLIX. TO MESSRS. LLOYD AND OTHERS

DCCL. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCLI. TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS, JR

DCCLII. TO ARTHUR LEE

DCCLIII. TO M. DUMAS

DCCLIV. FROM ARTHUR LEE

DCCLV. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCLVI. TO DAVID HARTLEY

DCCLVII. TO COUNT DE VERGENNES

DCCLVIII. TO VERGENNES

DCCLIX. TO PATRICK HENRY, GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA

DCCLX. TO VERGENNES

DCCLXI. PASSPORTS FOR MORAVIAN VESSELS, AND FOR CAPTAIN COOK Ref. 130

DCCLXII. TO MM. HILLS, PARKES, ADAMS, DEGGE, BUCKLEY, ELWOOD, AND WARREN, OFFICERS ON BOARD THE “ALLIANCE”

DCCLXIII. TO ARTHUR LEE

DCCLXIV. TO MESSRS. W. BLAKE, D. BLAKE, J. JOHNSON, P. R. FENDALL, J. WHARTON, M. RIDLEY, I. ROSS, — LLOYD, — OGILVIE, AND J. D. SCHWEIGHAUSER, MERCHANTS NOW AT NANTES

DCCLXV. TO HONORABLE ARTHUR LEE, ESQ

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Arts. 4 and 5. The numerous petitions heretofore sent home by the colony Assemblies, and either refused to be received, or received and neglected, or answered harshly, and the petitioners rebuked for making them, have, I conceive, totally discouraged that method of application; and if even their friends were now to propose to them the recurring again to petitioning, such friends would be thought to trifle with them. Besides, all they desire is now before government in the petition of the Congress, and the whole or parts may be granted or refused at pleasure. The sense of the colonies cannot be better obtained by petition from different colonies than it is by that general petition.

Art. 7. Read, such as they may think necessary.

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