THE

COMPLETE

WORKS,

IN

PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, AND MORALS,

OF THE LATE

DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,

NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND ARRANGED:

WITH

MEMOIRS OF HIS EARLY LIFE,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

Loudon :

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;
AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME,

PATERNOSTER-ROW,

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troversy

governors

of that province, and their several assemblies. Founded

on authentic documents

which have, from time to time, arisen between the several

The interest of Great Britain considered, with regard to her colonies,

and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe

Remarks and facts relative to the American paper-money

To the freemen of Pensylvania, on the subject of a particular militia-

bill, rejected by the proprietor's deputy or governor

Preface by a member of the Pensylvanian assembly (Dr. Franklin)

to the speech of Joseph Galloway, Esq. one of the members for

Philadelphia county; in answer to the speech of John Dickinson,

Esq. delivered in the house of the assembly of the province of

Pensylvania, May 24, 1764, on occasion of a petition drawn up

by order, and then under the consideration of the house, praying

his majesty for a royal, in lieu of a proprietary government

Remarks on a late protest against the appointment of Mr. Franklin

as agent for this province (of Pensylvania)

Remarks on a plan for the future management of Indian affairs

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89

144

157

163

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203

216

PAPERS ON AMERICAN SUBJECTS DURING THE REVOLU-

TIONARY TROUBLES.

Causes of the American discontents before 1768

Letter concerning the gratitude of America, and the probability and

effects of an union with Great Britain; and concerning the repeal

or suspension of the stamp act

Letter from governor Pownall to Dr. Franklin, concerning an equal

communication of rights, privileges, &c. to America by Great

Britain

Minutes to the foregoing, by D. Franklin

The examination of Dr. Franklin before the English house of com-

mons, in February, 1766, relative to the repeal of the Ameri-

can stamp act

225

239

243

244

245

Attempts of Dr. Franklin for conciliation of Great Britain with the

colonies

Queries from Mr. Strahan

Answer to the preceding queries

State of the constitution of the colonies, by Governor Pownall; with

remarks by Dr. Franklin

Concerning the dissentions between England and America

A Prussian edict, assuming claims over Britain

Preface by the British editor (Dr. Franklin) to "The votes and

proceedings of the freeholders, and other inhabitants of the town

of Boston, in town-meeting assembled according to law (publish-

ed by order of the town), &c."

Account of governor Hutchinson's letters

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Rules for reducing a great empire to a small one, presented to a late

minister, when he entered upon his administration

State of America on Dr. Franklin's arrival there

Proposed vindication and offer from congress to parliament, in 1775

Reprobation of Mr. Strahan's parliamentary conduct

Conciliation hopeless from the conduct of Great Britain to America

Account of the first campaign made by the British forces in America

Probability of a separation

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317

322

334

546

347

354

855

357

Letter to Monsieur Dumas, urging him to sound the several courts

of Europe, by means of their ambassadors at the Hague, as to any

assistance they may be disposed to afford America in her struggle

for independence

Letter from Lord Howe to Dr. Franklin

Dr. Franklin's answer to Lord Howe

Comparison of Great Britain and America as to credit, in 1777

358

360

PAPERS, DESCRIPTIVE OF AMERICA, OR RELATING TO THAT

COUNTRY, WRITTEN SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVOLUTION.

Remarks concerning the savages of North America

The internal state of America; being a true description of the inte-

rest and policy of that vast continent

Information to those who would remove to America

409

A comparison of the conduct of the ancient Jews, and of the Antife-

deralists in the United States of America

Final speech of Dr. Franklin in the late federal convention

PAPERS ON MORAL SUBJECTS AND THE ECONOMY OF LIFE.

The busy-body

421

The way to wealth, as clearly shown in the preface of an old Pensyl-

The way to make money plenty in every man's pocket

New mode of lending money