The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D, F.R.S., &c. Minister Plenipontentiary from the United States of America at the Court of France, and for the Treaty of Peace and Independence with Great Britain, &c. &c: Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects Written Between the Years 1753 and 1790, Illustrating the Memoirs of His Public and Private Life, and Developing the Secret History of His Political Transactions and Negociations, Volume 1Henry Colburn, 1817 |
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... Franklin. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ! 165557 ASTOR , LENOX NO TILDEN FOUNDATIONS 1500 . London : PRINTED BY A. J. VALPY , TOOKE'S COURT , CHANCERY LANE . 1817 . PREFACE ΤΟ THE FIRST EDITION OF THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE .
... Franklin. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ! 165557 ASTOR , LENOX NO TILDEN FOUNDATIONS 1500 . London : PRINTED BY A. J. VALPY , TOOKE'S COURT , CHANCERY LANE . 1817 . PREFACE ΤΟ THE FIRST EDITION OF THE PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE .
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... London , May 16 , 1760 . Advice in reading to John Baskerville , Printer , 1760 . to John Alleyne , Esq . Aug. 9 , 1768. On early Marriages to Michael Collinson , Esq . 1768 or 69 . Respecting Mr. Peter Collinson · to Michael Hillegras ...
... London , May 16 , 1760 . Advice in reading to John Baskerville , Printer , 1760 . to John Alleyne , Esq . Aug. 9 , 1768. On early Marriages to Michael Collinson , Esq . 1768 or 69 . Respecting Mr. Peter Collinson · to Michael Hillegras ...
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... ( London . ) May 4 , 1779 . to General Beckwith , May 17 , 1779. Dis- couraging his going to the United States under the Expectation of being employed in its armies PAGE 28 20 22 - to Sir Edward Newenham , Bart . ( Dublin . ) May 27 ...
... ( London . ) May 4 , 1779 . to General Beckwith , May 17 , 1779. Dis- couraging his going to the United States under the Expectation of being employed in its armies PAGE 28 20 22 - to Sir Edward Newenham , Bart . ( Dublin . ) May 27 ...
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... London . The Ephemera to Dr. Fothergill , June 19 , 1780. Letter of Friendship 62 · 64 to Mr. Small , July 22 , 1780. Friendship , Gout , & c . 65 to Miss Georgiana Shipley , Oct. 8 , 1780 . to Dr. Price , Oct. 9 , 1780 . 67 On the Bri ...
... London . The Ephemera to Dr. Fothergill , June 19 , 1780. Letter of Friendship 62 · 64 to Mr. Small , July 22 , 1780. Friendship , Gout , & c . 65 to Miss Georgiana Shipley , Oct. 8 , 1780 . to Dr. Price , Oct. 9 , 1780 . 67 On the Bri ...
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... State of Amer · to Mr. Jordaine , ( London ) May 18 , 1787 . On receiving his present of a cask of por- FAGE 201 203 204 205 209 212 215 217 219 220 222 225 226 - 227 229 ter . — Various mutter PAGE - 231 Dr. Franklin xiv CONTENTS .
... State of Amer · to Mr. Jordaine , ( London ) May 18 , 1787 . On receiving his present of a cask of por- FAGE 201 203 204 205 209 212 215 217 219 220 222 225 226 - 227 229 ter . — Various mutter PAGE - 231 Dr. Franklin xiv CONTENTS .
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acquainted affairs affectionately agreeable America answer appear April 17 assembly believe best wishes Boston Britain colonies commerce Comte de Ségur congress continue copy dear friend DEAR SIR desire duty endeavour enemies England English enjoy Europe expect father favor France FRANKLIN gentleman give glad gout grandson hand happy hear heard HENRY LAURENS honor hope humble servant inclosed JOSEPH GALLOWAY kind letter King late Laurens liberty live London Lord Chatham Lord Dartmouth Lord Hillsborough Lord Shelburne Lordship March 13 ment mention merchants minister nation never obedient obliged obtain occasion opinion Paris parliament Passy peace perhaps petition Philadelphia piece pleased pleasure present printed proposed Prussia reason received your kind repeal secretary seems sent sentiments sincere esteem Society soon suppose thank thing THOMAS CUSHING thought tion writing
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Page 149 - When I was a boy I met with a book entitled "Essays to Do Good," which I think was written by your father.* It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life, for I have always set a greater value...
Page 278 - As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see...
Page 322 - What the event will be, God only knows. But some punishment seems preparing for a people, who are ungratefully abusing the best constitution, and the best King, any nation was ever blessed with, intent on nothing but luxury, licentiousness, power, places, pensions, and plunder...
Page 126 - At length we are in peace, God be praised, and long, very long, may it continue! All wars are follies, very expensive, and very mischievous ones. When will mankind be convinced of this, and agree to settle their differences by arbitration ? Were they to do it, even by the cast of a die, it would be better than by fighting and destroying each other.
Page 52 - The rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon. It is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years, the power of man over matter. We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity, and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.
Page 150 - I did not understand him till I felt my head hit against the beam. He was a man who never missed any occasion of giving instruction ; and upon this he said to me : "You are young, and have the world before you : stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard thumps.
Page 130 - America, too, is extremely sensible of his benevolence and great beneficence towards her, and will ever revere his memory. These volumes are a proof of what I have sometimes had occasion to say, in encouraging people to undertake difficult public services, that it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man, if he will make a business of it.
Page 280 - I will not enter into any discussion of your principles, though you seem to desire it. At present I shall only give you my opinion that, though your...
Page 266 - Our new Constitution is now established, and has an. appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.