The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 7

Benjamin Franklin

Macmillan, 1906

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Comparison of Great Britain and the United States in regard to the Basis of Credit in the Two Countries 1777	1

To the Committee of Secret Correspondence January	4

Το Mrs Mary Hewson January 12 1777	11

Το George Washington June 13 1777 58	13

To John Hancock January 20 1777	20

To Captain Henry Johnson July 22 1777 60	22

To Thomas Morris January 26 1777	26

To Joseph Priestley January 27 1777	27

To Patrick Henry February 26 1779	239

To Jean de Neufville February 28 1779	240

To Comte de Vergennes March 9 1779	241

Passport for Captain Cook March 10 1779	242

To MM Hills Parkes Adams Degge Buckley Elwood and Warren Officers on board the Alliance March	243

To Arthur Lee March 13 1779	245

To Arthur Lee March 13 1779	246

From John Paul Jones to Benjamin Franklin March	248

To Richard Peters March 6 1777	30

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Το Arthur Lee March 21 1777	40

Το C Rybot April 9 1777	43

Bernardin de Saint Pierre to Benjamin Franklin August 19 1777	60

To George Washington August 1777	61

Το George Washington September 4 1777	64

To James Lovell October 7 1777	67

To David Hartley October 14 1777	73

To Major Thornton December 11 1777	75

To Sir Grey Cooper December 11 1777	76

To James Lovell December 21 1777	77

To a Friend 1777?	81

A Dialogue between Britain France Spain Holland Saxony and America ? 1777	82

A Catechism relating to the English National Debt 1777	86

To Jan Ingenhousz ?1777	88

To Ralph Izard January 29 1778	97

To James Hutton February 1 1778	99

To Arthur Lee February 23 1778	105

To Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneval February	106

1778	107

To Thomas Cushing February 27 1778	110

To Mrs Catherine Greene February 28 1778	112

To Jonathan Williams February ? 1778	113

To Samuel Adams March 2 1778	114

To William Lee March 2 1778	115

To William Lee March 6 1778	116

A True History of the Difference between the Colonies and the Author of the Stamp Act March 12 1778	118

Το Arthur Lee March 17 1778	121

To James Hutton March 24 1778 122 2	123

To William Pulteney March 30 1778	124

To Mr and Mrs Richard Bache March 31 1778	126

To Henry Laurens March 31 1778	127

To Henry Laurens March 31 1778	128

Το Arthur Lee April 1 1778	129

From Arthur Lee to Benjamin Franklin April 2 1778	130

Το Arthur Lee April 3 1778	132

Το Arthur Lee April 6 1778	137

To Charles W F Dumas April 10 1778	138

To the Grand Pensionary of Holland April 10 1778	141

From David Hartley to Benjamin Franklin and Dr Frank lins Answer April 23 1778 142	142

To Comte de Vergennes April 24 1778	143

From Comte de Vergennes to Benjamin Franklin April 25 1778 146 900 To John Ross April 26 1778	146

From Benjamin Vaughan to Benjamin Franklin April	149

Το Arthur Lee May 17 1778	154

To David Hartley May 25 1778	155

To John Paul Jones May 27 1778	156

To John Paul Jones June 1 1778	157

To John Paul Jones June 10 1778	158

To Georgelin Du Cosquer June 11 1778	160

To David Hartley June 16 1778	161

NO PAGE 909 To James Hutton June 23 1778	162

To Captain Sainneville June 23 1778	163

Proposed Letter to Lord North concerning Prisoners June 1778	164

To Charles de Weissenstein July 1 1778	166

To Ferdinand Grand July 3 1778	173

To David Hartley July 13 1778	174

Το Chevalier de Champigny July 24 1778	181

To Comte de Vergennes July 25 1778	184

To M de Sartine August 18 1778	185

To David Hartley September 3 1778	186

To John Paul Jones September 6 1778	187

To David Hartley September 14 1778	188

Το Charles W F Dumas September 22 1778	189

To Ferdinand Grand October 14 1778	190

To Comte de Vergennes October 20 1778	192

To Comte de Vergennes October 22 1778	194

To Ferdinand Grand November 3 1778	198

To John Ross November 5 1778	199

Το M Baron November 20 1778	201

Το M Baron November 21 1778	202

To William Temple Franklin November 26 1778	203

To Abbé de la Roche December 7 1778	204

The Ephemera ? 1778	207

Aurora Borealis ? 1778	209

Το Arthur Lee January 3 1779	215

To Ralph Izard January 4 1779	217

To the Committee of Foreign Affairs January 15 1779	218

To David Hartley January 25 1779	219

Το Mrs Margaret Stevenson January 25 1779	220

Το Messrs Lloyd and others January 26 1779	223

From David Hartley to Benjamin Franklin January 23 1779	225

To Jonathan Williams February 13 1779	229

To Comte de Vergennes February 14 1779	231

To David Hartley February 22 1779	232

To David Hartley February 22 1779	234

To Comte de Vergennes February 25 1779	238

To John Paul Jones March 14 1779	253

Το Richard Oliver March 14 1779	255

To Jonathan Williams March 16 1779	256

To Joshua Johnson March 17 1779 258	258

Το M Montaudouin March 17 1779	261

To Charles W F Dumas March 18 1779	262

To Jonathan Williams March 19 1779	263

To DanielMarcAntoine Chardon March 19 1779	265

To Madam Conway March 25 1779 266	266

To David Hartley March 21 1779	267

To the Marquis de Lafayette March 22 1779	269

To Arthur Lee March 27 1779	271

Το Arthur Lee March 27 1779	273

To Stephen Sayre March 31 1779	274

To William Lee April 2 1779	276

To John Adams April 3 1779	277

Το Arthur Lee April 3 1779	278

NO PAGE 985 To Captain Peter Landais April 8 1779	281

Το Messrs Wharton Ridley Johnson Mease Ross Nes bit Cummings Gridley and Schweighauser American Merchants now at Nantes April 8 1779	283

Passport for a Moravian Vessel April 11 1779	285

To M de Sartine April 18 1779	287

To John Quincy Adams April 21 1779	288

To Josiah Quincy April 22 1779 289	289

To Samuel Cooper April 22 1779	292

To John Adams April 24 1779	295

To John Paul Jones April 27 1779	296

Το Arthur Lee May 3 1779	300

To Thomas Viny May 4 1779	301

Το Mrs Patience Wright May 4 1779	302

To John Lloyd May 4 1779	304

From David Hartley to Benjamin Franklin April 22 1779	305

To David Hartley May 4 1779 309	309

To M de Sartine May 8 1779	312

To M de Chaumont May 10 1779	313

To John Adams May 10 1779	314

Το MajorGeneral John Beckwith May 17 1779	315

To the Committee of Foreign Affairs May 26 1779	324

To Sir Edward Newenham May 27 1779	331

To Comte de Vergennes ? June 1 1779	332

To Horatio Gates June 2 1779	333

To James Lovell June 2 1779	334

Το Charles Carroll of Carrollton June 2 1779	337

To the Marine Committee of Congress June 2 1779	338

To John Jay June 2 1779	341

To Richard Bache June 2 1779	343

To Richard Bache June 2 1779 344	344

Το Mrs Sarah Bache June 3 1779	346

Το Francis Hopkinson June 4 1779	350

Το William Greene June 4 1779	351

NO PAGE 1021 To the Council of Massachusetts Bay June 4 1779	353

To John Adams June 5 1779	354

Το Messrs J Rocquette A Elsevier and Brothers Roc quette June 13 1779	356

The Morals of Chess June 1779	357

To Alexander Gillon July 5 1779	362

To Jonathan Williams July 8 1779	363

To John Paul Jones July 8 1779	364

To Barbeu Dubourg August 13 1779	365

To the Marquis de Lafayette August 19 1779	366

To Benjamin Franklin Bache August 19 1779	368

To Mr Cramer August 19 1779	369

To the Marquis de Lafayette August 24 1779	370

From the Marquis de Lafayette to Benjamin Franklin August 29 1779	371

To John D Schweighauser September 17 1779	372

To Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis September 19 1779	375

To Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis September ? 1779	376

To Jonathan Nesbitt September 29 1779	377

To James Lovell September 30 1779	378

Το Arthur Lee September 30 1779	379

To the Marquis de Lafayette October 1 1779	380

To Edward Bridgen October 2 1779	381

To John Jay October 4 1779	382

Το Mrs Elizabeth Partridge October 11 1779	393

To John Paul Jones October 15 1779	395

To Captain Peter Landais October 15 1779	397

To the Commissioners of the Navy for the Eastern Depart ment October 17 1779	398

To James Lovell October 17 1779	400

To Jonathan Loring Austin October 20 1779	403

Το M Stadel October 20 1779	404

To a Friend in America October 25 1779	406

To Samuel Cooper October 27 1779	407

To Jean Holker October 28 1779	409

NO PAGE	411

From Mlle Le Veillard to Benjamin Franklin November	417

To Joshua Johnson December 29 1779	424

To Joshua Johnson April 8 1779	425

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Informazioni bibliografiche

Titolo	The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 7 The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin
Autore	Benjamin Franklin
Curatore	Albert H. Smyth
Editore	Macmillan, 1906
Provenienza dell'originale	Harvard University
Digitalizzato	13 ott 2007

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