MEMOIRS

OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,

LL.D. F.R.S. &c. &c.

VOL. III.

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.