THE

WORKS

OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN;

CONTAINING

SEVERAL POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL TRACTS

NOT INCLUDED IN ANY FORMER EDITION,

AND

MANY LETTERS OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE

NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED;

WITH

NOTES

AND

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

BY JARED SPARKS.

VOLUME II.

BOSTON:

WHITTE MORE, NILES, AND HALL.
MILWAUKIE: A. WHITTEMORE & CO.

1856.

1.

Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, by HILLiard, Gray, and Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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