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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2]: With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General ReaderFranklin, Benjamin

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Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2]: With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader

Name: Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2]: With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader
Author: Franklin, Benjamin

Franklin, Benjamin

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography

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  _New-York, Sept., 1839_.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

  PART I.
                                                                  Page
  Life of Dr. Franklin, written by himself                          13

  PART II.

  Letter from Mr. Abel James                                        91
  Letter from Mr. Benjamin Vaughan                                  92
  Continuation of Life, begun at Passy, near Paris, 1784            98
  Memorandum                                                       115

  PART III.

  Life of Franklin, continued by Dr. Stuber                        191
  Extracts from Franklin's Will                                    227

  WRITINGS OF FRANKLIN.

  The Examination of Dr. Franklin before the British House
  of Commons, relative to the Repeal of the American
  Stamp-act                                                        237

  Narrative of the Massacre of Friendly Indians in Lancaster
  County, Pennsylvania, 1764                                       264

  Introduction to Historical Review of the Constitution and
  Government of Pennsylvania                                       282

  Dr. Franklin's Motion for Prayers in the Convention at
  Philadelphia, 1787, to revise the then existing Articles of
  Confederation                                                    286

MEMOIRS OF FRANKLIN.

PART I.

  _To William Franklin, Esq., Governor of New-Jersey_

                       Twyford, at the Bishop of St. Asaph's,[1] 1771.

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