MEMOIRS

OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,

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

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 Regociations of Dr. Franklin.

· AND HIS SELECT
POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS.

PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR HENRY COLBURN, CONDUIT STREET.

1818.