of the LIFE AND WRITINGS of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, LL.D. F.R.S. &c. MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AT THE COURT OF FRANCE, AND FOR THE TREATY OF PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE WITH GREAT BRITAIN, &c. &c. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF TO A LATE PERIOD, AND CONTINUED TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, BY HIS GRANDSON; WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS. COMPRISING THE Private Correspondence and Public negotiations of Dr. Franklin, AND A SELECTION FROM HIS POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN, BRITISH AND FOREIGN PUBLIC LIBRARY, CONDUIT STREET. 1818. |