The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: 1777-1779. v. 8. 1780-1782

Benjamin Franklin

Macmillan, 1906 - 440 pagine

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NO PAGE 815 Comparison of Great Britain and the United States in regard to the Basis of Credit in the Two Countries	1

To the Committee of Secret Correspondence January	4

Το Mrs Mary Hewson January 12 1777 IO 818 To Juliana Ritchie January 19 1777 II	11

To John Hancock January 20 1777	20

To Thomas Morris January 26 1777	26

To Joseph Priestley January 27 1777	27

To Richard Peters March 6 1777	30

Το Arthur Lee March 21 1777	37

To Madam Conway March 25 1779	266

To David Hartley March 21 1779	267

To the Marquis de Lafayette March 22 1779	269

To Arthur Lee March 27 1779	271

To 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 M Lith April 6 1777	40

Το C Rybot April 9 1777	43

To Jan Ingenhousz April 26 1777	49

To Samuel Cooper May 1 1777	55

Το George Washington August 1777	61

To the Marquis de Condorcet	67

To Captains Thomas	73

To the Honble Council of the Massachusetts State Decem	79

A Catechism relating to the English National Debt 1777	86

To Ralph Izard January 29 1778	97

NO PAGE 909 To James Hutton June 23 1778 162	99

To David Hartley February 26 1778	107

To David Hartley	111

To Jonathan Williams February ? 1778	113

To Arthur	121

To Henry Laurens March 31 1778	127

To Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneval February	128

Το Arthur	132

To Charles W F Dumas April 10 1778	139

From Comte de Vergennes to Benjamin Franklin April	146

To John Paul Jones	157

To Captain Sainneville June 23 1778	163

To Charles de Weissenstein July 1 1778	167

To Ferdinand Grand July 3 1778	173

To David Hartley July 13 1778	174

To 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

To Charles W F Dumas September 22 1778	189

To Ferdinand Grand October 14 1778	190

To Comte de Vergennes October 20 1778	192

To David Hartley June 16 1778	193

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	206

Aurora Borealis ? 1778	209

To 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

NO PAGE 948 To David Hartley February 3 1779	226

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 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

Το ΜΜ 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

To John Paul Jones March 14 1779	253

To Richard Oliver March 14 1779	255

To Jonathan Williams March 16 1779	256

To Joshua Johnson March 17 1779	258

Το Μ Montaudouin March 17 1779	260

To William McCreery March 18 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 Arthur Lee April 3 1779	278

To Joshua Johnson April 8 1779	279

To John Adams April 8 1779	280

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

To Samuel Cooper April 22 1779	292

To John Adams April 24 1779	295

To John Paul Jones April 27 1779	296

To 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

To M de Sartine May 8 1779	312

To M de Chaumont May 10 1779	313

To John Adams May 10 1779	314

To 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

Το Mrs Sarah Bache June 3 1779	346

To Francis Hopkinson June 4 1779	350

To 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

Το 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

To 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

From Mlle Le Veillard to Benjamin Franklin November	417

To Joshua Johnson December 29 1779	425

Proposed New Version of the Bible	432

Some Directions for the Drawing Out the Tone from	438

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Titolo	The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: 1777-1779. v. 8. 1780-1782 Volume 7 di The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin
Autore	Benjamin Franklin
Curatori	Albert Henry Smyth, Albert H. Smyth
Editore	Macmillan, 1906
Provenienza dell'originale	Harvard University
Digitalizzato	27 lug 2006
ISBN	0838301940, 9780838301944
Lunghezza	440 pagine

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