Engravee by Cha Pye pom an originat – Picture by - Suplessis,

in the possession of Wir. Templo Franklin. Esq.

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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.

COMPRISING THE

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE

And public Negociations of Dr. Franklin,

AND HIS SELECT

POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS
PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.

THIRD EDITION.

VOL. I.

LIFE.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN, CONDUIT STREET.

1818.