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

ENOX LIBRAR

CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

FOLSOM, WELLS, AND THURSTON,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME SEVENTH.

CORRESPONDENCE.

PART FIRST;

COMPRISING PRIVATE LETTERS TO THE TIME OF THE

AUTHOR'S FIRST MISSION TO ENGLAND. 1725-1757.

1744.

To Josiah and Abiah Franklin. 6 September.

Remedies for the Stone and Gravel.

To John Franklin.

1745.

Humorous Remarks on the Expedition against Cape Breton.

To James Read. 17 August.

To Cadwallader Colden. 27 November.

Apprehensions of an Attack from the Enemy.-Schemes

of Defence. He applies for Cannon from New York.

From R. Peters to John and Richard Penn. 29 Nov.

Origin of the Association for the Defence of the Province,

and the Part taken by Franklin in forming it.

From James Logan to B. Franklin.

To James Logan. 4 December.

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20

Fortifications on the Delaware River.

1748.

To Cadwallader Colden. 27 January.

29

Procuring Cannon for Defence. - Sale of Books.- Opinion

of Mr. Colden's " History of the Five Nations."

Cannon from Boston.—Insurance on Lottery Tickets.

To James Logan. 30 January.

33

To James Logan. 6 April.

34

Progress in the Erection of Batteries. — Diligence of the

People in attending Military Exercises.

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To Cadwallader Colden. 29 September.

35

Plans for retiring from Business and declining Public Em-

ployment. - Governor Shirley. -Peter Kalm, the Swedish

Botanist.

To James Logan. 30 October..

Particulars respecting Peter Kalm.—Mr. Sandin, a Swe-

dish Missionary.