VOLUME VI.

LETTERS AND PAPERS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS.

VOLUME VII.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PART FIRST; COMPRISING PRIVATE LETTERS TO THE TIME of

THE AUTHOR'S FIRST MISSION TO ENGLAND. 1725-1757. 1

PART SECOND; COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL,

FROM THE TIME OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST MISSION TO ENG-

LAND, TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

1757-1775.

147

PART THIRD; COMPRISING LETTERS, PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL,

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, TO

THE END OF THE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO FRANCE. 1775-

1785.

APPENDIX.

I. A Fragment of Polybius; from his Treatise on the Athenian

Government,

II. Memoir of Sir John Dalrymple; or a Project of Lord Roch-

ford to prevent the War,

1

151

543

547

1

238

PART FOURTH; COMPRISING PRIVATE LETTERS FROM THE

TERMINATION OF THE AUTHOR'S MISSION TO FRANCE, TO

THE END OF HIS LIFE.

1785-1790.

I. List of the Author's Writings, chronologically arranged,

II. Letters written by Franklin to Individuals and Public Bodies,

III. Letters addressed to Franklin by various Persons,

IV. Miscellaneous Letters,

V. General Index,

1

215

427

449

464

476

481

485

LIST OF THE PLATES.

Vol. Page.

6. Facsimile of Franklin's Handwriting,

1. Portrait of Franklin,

2. Portrait of Franklin, by Martin,

3. Portrait of Franklin, by Duplessis, 4. Houdon's Bust of Franklin,

5. Emblematical Representation,.

7. Electrical Apparatus, (Plate I.)

8. Electrical Air-Thermometer, (Plate II.)

9. Electrical Apparatus, (Plate III.)

10. Electrical Apparatus, (Plate IV.)

11. Pennsylvania Fireplace, (Plate V.)

12. Profile of the Pennsylvania Chimney and Fireplace.--Stafford

shire Fireplace. (Plate VI.)

13. Magical Squares, (Plate VII.)

Frontispiece, I.
Frontispiece, II.

19. Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, exhibiting the Course of the Gulf Stream, &c., (Plate XIII.)

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20. Illustrating the Causes and Cure of Smoky Chimneys,

(Plate

LIFE

OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

PART FIRST;

AUTOBIOGRAPHY.