In the afternoon of Sunday.... PBF 37:346, Journal of the Peace Negotiations, June 29, 1782.
During these negotiations.... PBF 37:444-46, BF to Joseph Priestley, June 7, 1782.
By resolution of the 14th of June... PBF 37:452-52, Discharge of Cornwallis from his Parole, June 9, 1782.
M. Leray de Chaumont, our landlord.... PBF 37:473-74, BF to Jonathan Williams Jr., June 13, 1782; PBF 37:588-89, Franklin and Chaumont: Agreement for Arbitration by Grand and Dangirard, July 7, 1782; BF to Le Ray de Chaumont, Oct. 31, 1789.
A letter written by James Hutton...I wonder at this.... PBF 37:586-57, BF to James Hutton, July 7, 1782.
In the course of the summer.... BF to David Hartley, July 10, 1782; PBF 37:611-12; BF to Madame Brillon, Oct. 30, 1781.
Congress continued to press.... PBF 37:734-35, BF to Robert Morris, Aug. 12, 1782; PBF 37:731, BF to Robert R. Livingston, Aug. 12, 1782; BF to Mr. & Mrs. Brillon, Oct. 30, 1781.
Tho’ the English.... PBF 37:536, BF to Robert R. Livingston; PBF 37:543, BF to Robert Morris, June 25, 1782.
Mr. Grenville returned.... PBF 37:602, letter to La Fayette, July 9, 1782.
During the peace negotiations, I fancied.... What a difference.... You see by this time.... I fancy we shall.... Articles 1....9....Let me know.... PBF 27:164, Exchanges with Madam Brillon de Jouy, July 27, 1778.
Accidents and a long severe.... BF to Robert R. Livingston, Dec. 5, 1782; BF to the American Commissions, Oct. 1, 1782.
My illness, the cruel gout.... BF to John Adams, Oct. 15, 1782; BF to Robert R. Livingston, Dec. 5, 1782; BF to La Fayette, Sep. 17, 1782.
Much of the summer was.... BF to Robert R. Livingston, Dec. 5, 1782; BF to de Rayneval, Sep. 4, 1782; BF to Robert R. Livingston, Oct. 14, 1782.
And then we came to the point.... BF to Robert R. Livingston, Dec. 5, 1782; BF to Robert R. Livingston, Oct. 14, 1782; the American Commissioners to Richard Oswald, Nov. 5, 1782.
Everyone of the present British ministry.... BF to Robert R. Livingston, Dec. 5, 1782.
In sum, our independence was.... American Commissioners to Richard Oswald, Nov. 5, 1782; BF to Samuel Cooper, Dec. 26, 1782.
We communicated all the articles.... BF to Vergennes, Dec. 17, 1782; BF to Robert R. Livingston, Dec. 5, 1782.
I was soon after taken ill ... BF to Mary Hewson, Jan. 8, 1783.
The preliminaries of peace.... BF to Robert R. Livington, Jan. 21, 1783.
9. MINISTER TO FRANCE, 1783-85: MY LAST YEARS IN PARIS
At length we were at peace... BF to Mary Hewson, Jan. 27, 1783; BF to Robert R. Livingston, Dec. 5, 1782; BF to Joseph Banks, Sep. 9, 1782.
It was our firm connection.... BF to Samuel Cooper, Dec. 26, 1782; BF to Robert R. Livingston, July 22, 1783.
I heard frequently of.... BF to Henry Laurens, Mar. 20, 1783; BF to Samuel Cooper, Dec. 26, 1782; BF to Robert R. Livingston, July 22, 1783.
I have observed some enemies.... BF to John Jay, Jan. 6, 1784.
The revolutionary war.... BF to Nathaniel Falconer, June 18, 1783; BF to William Strahan, Aug. 19, 1784.
I am reminded of..... BF to William Strahan, Aug. 19, 1784.
What was the consequence... BF to William Strahan, Aug. 19, 1784.
But I am not vain enough.... BF to William Strahan, Aug. 19, 1784.
England had lost by this mad war.... PBF 25:562, BF to James Hutton, Feb. 1, 1778.
A multitude of people.... BF to Robert R. Livingston, Apr. 15, 1783; BF to Gaietano Filangieri, Jan. 11, 1783; BF to the Earl of Buchan, Mar. 17, 1783.
Mr. Strahan argued that.... BF to William Strahan, Aug. 19, 1784.
There is no doubt but.... BF to Henry Royle et al., Jan. 4, 1782.
Mr. Ingenhousz wrote me.... I was asked about employment ... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, May 16, 1783.
The cultivators of land.... BF to Georgiana Shipley Hare, Jan. 25, 1784.
The extravagant misrepresentations ... BF to Thomas Mifflin, Dec. 25, 1783.
I wrote my daughter... BF to Richard and Sarah Bache, July 27, 1783; Information to those who would remove to America, quoted in Claude-Anne Lopez, Mon Cher Papa (Yale University Press, 1990), p. 205.
I received an account... BF to John Sargent, Jan. 27, 1783.
The departure of my dearest.... BF to Mary Hewson, Jan. 27, 1783.
I received a kind letter of thanks ... BF from Mary Hewson, Apr. 26, 1785; BF to Mary Hewson, May 5, 1785.
That year also carried off.... BF to Mary Hewson, Jan. 27, 1783.
Then, being inform’d that... BF to Richard and Sarah Bache, July 27, 1783; BF to Mary Hewson, Sep. 7, 1783; BF to Mary Hewson, Dec. 26, 1783.
Benny being a very.... BF to Richard Bache, Nov. 11, 1784.
The definitive treaties were.... BF to Robert R. Livingston, Mar. 7, 1783; BF to Robert R. Livingston, Apr. 15, 1783.
We were also totally in the dark... BF to Robert R. Livingston, June 12, 1783; BF to Nathaniel Falconer, June 18, 1783; PBF 40:u24, BF to Henry Laurens, July 6, 1783; BF to Robert R. Livingston, July 22, 1783.
I also received the resolutions.... BF to Vergennes, Jan. 25, 1783.
The finances in France... BF to Robert R. Livingston, Apr. 15, 1783; BF to Robert Morris, Mar. 7, 1783.
The late failure of payment.... BF to Elias Boudinot, Nov. 1, 1783.
Events at length should have... BF to Samuel Cooper, Dec. 26, 1783; BF to John Adams, Feb. 5, 1784; BF to Henry Laurens, Feb. 12, 1784.
If our people who neither paid rents.... BF to Robert Morris, July 27, 1783.
The problem is that our people.... BF to Robert Morris, Dec. 25, 1783; From Benjamin Franklin: Queries and Remarks on “Hints for the Members of Pennsylvania Convention,” Nov. 3, 1789.
Our merchants complained.... BF to Vergennes, Mar. 16, 1783.
We saw much in parliamentary... BF to Benjamin Vaughan, Apr. 21, 1785.
In transactions of trade.... PBF 21:169-77, Franklin’s Contribution to a Pamphlet by George Whatley, March 1774.
It would be better if.... PBF 21:169-77, Franklin’s Contribution to a Pamphlet by George Whatley, March 1774.
Let us now forgive and forget.... BF to Jonathan Shipley, Mar. 17, 1783.
It was certainly disagreeable.... BF to Henry Laurens, Sep. 3, 1783; BF to Thomas Mifflin, Dec. 25, 1783.
I rejoiced at the return of peace.... BF to Sir Joseph Banks, July 27, 1783; BF to Josiah Quincy, Sep. 11, 1783.
Nevertheless, it is a pleasing.... BF to Sir Edward Newenham, Oct. 2, 1783.
After the signing of.... It is confidently reported.... It was not my purpose... BF to Henry Laurens and John Jay, Sept. 10, 1783; BF to Josiah Quincy, Sep. 11, 1783.
Lady Dowager Penn ... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
In my judgment, when I.... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
The lady’s complaints.... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
Our rector of St. Martin’s Parish.... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
After the war, in 1783.... BF to Richard Price, Sep. 16, 1783; PBF 41:u47, BF to Benjamin Rush, Dec. 26, 1783; BF to Richard Price, Sep. 16, 1783.
The first balloon.... BF to Sir Joseph Banks, Oct. 8, 1783.
The next balloon ... BF to Sir Joseph Banks, Nov. 21, 1783.
One of the courageous philosophers ... BF to Sir Joseph Banks, Nov. 21, 1783.
This method of filling the balloon.... BF to Sir Joseph Banks, Nov. 21, 1783; BF to Sir Joseph Banks, Aug. 30, 1783.
On several occasions, the new... BF to Sir Joseph Banks, Dec. 1, 1783.
Messrs. Charles and Robert.... BF to Richard Price, Sep. 16, 1783; PBF 40:u653, BF to Henry Laurens, Dec. 6, 1783; BF to Benjamin Rush, Dec. 26, 1783.
It was said by some.... BF to Edward Newenham, June 20, 1785.
I wrote M. de Vergennes that.... BF to Vergennes, Dec. 6, 1783; BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
My sitting too much at the desk.... BF to William Carmichael, Dec. 15, 1783; BF to John Jay, Jan. 6, 1784; BF to Thomas Mifflin, June 16, 1784.
The relish for reading poetry.... BF to John Thornton, May 8, 1782
Madame Brillon did me the honor.... BF to Madame Brillion, Apr. 8, 1784.
I had promised my dear friend.... BF to Countess d’Houdetot, June 9, 1784.
We had a terrible winter in France.... BF to Henry Laurens, Feb. 12, 1784; BF to David Hartley, Mar. 31, 1784; Jan. 6, 1782.
I received by Capt. Barney... BF to Sarah Bache, Jan. 26, 1784.
I hoped therefore that the Order.... BF to Sarah Bache, Jan. 26, 1784; BF to George Whatley, May 23, 1785.
As to the figure to represent the order... BF to Sarah Bache, Jan. 26, 1784.
In truth, the turkey.... letter to Sarah Bache, Jan. 26, 1784.
I sent Benjamin Webb.... BF to Benjamin Webb, Apr. 22, 1784.
In the same spirit, I flattered myself.... To the authors of the journal... You often entertain us.... I was the other evening.... I went home and to bed.... I looked at my watch... This event has given.... I took for the basis.... If it should be said.... First ... Second.... Third.... Fourth.... All the difficulty... But this sum.... For the great benefit.... From Benjamin Franklin: Proposal re Daylight Saving, Apr. 26, 1784.
I received a kind letter.... It had been more than 60 years.... I longed much to see again my native place ... BF to Samuel Mather, May 12, 1784.
Mr. Jay sail’d for America.... BF to Thomas Mifflin, June 16, 1784; BF to Jane Mecom, June 17, 1784; BF to Comte de Mercy-Argenteua, July 30, 1784; BF to William Franklin, Aug. 16, 1784; BF to Richard Price, Aug. 16, 1784; BF to William Carmichael, Aug. 16, 1784; BF to John Jay, Feb. 8, 1785.
The gout was bad.... BF to Jonathan Williams, Jr., May 19, 1785; 43:u71, BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
Besides being harass’d.... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
I thought the clause.... BF to John Calder, Aug. 21, 1784; PBF 43:u278, BF to Claudius Crigan, July 5, 1785.
In a letter, George Whatley... BF to George Whatley, Aug. 21, 1784.
My doctor said that my double spectacles.... BF to George Whatley, May 23, 1785.
We were much amiss’d in France.... BF to Sir Joseph Banks, Aug. 21, 1784; BF to William Temple Franklin, Sep. 8, 1784; From Benjamin Franklin et al: Report on the experiments of animal magnetism, Sept. 4, 1784.
But one must not be indifferent.... From Benjamin Franklin et al: Report on the experiments of animal magnetism, Sept. 4, 1784.
The distribution of enlightenment... Secret Report on Mesmerism, Aug. 11, 1784; From Benjamin Franklin et al: Report on the experiments of animal magnetism, Sept. 4, 1784.
Mr. Mesmer complain’d about our report.... BF to Sir Joseph Banks, Aug. 21, 1784; BF to William Temple Franklin, Sep. 8, 1784.
Mesmer still had some adherents.... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
In 1750, I made an experiment... PBF 4:82, BF to John Franklin, Dec. 25, 1750; BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
On another occasion, I had a paralytic.... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
My letters from America.... BF to Richard Price, Feb. 1, 1785; BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
The circumstances of the Royalists.... BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Apr. 29, 1785.
Two pamphlets were published.... BF to Benjamin Vaughan, Mar. 1, 1785.
If we really believe.... BF to Benjamin Vaughan, Mar. 1, 1785.
By contrast, privateering has.... BF to Benjamin Vaughan, Mar. 1, 1785.
At length I received from Congress... BF to John Jay, Sept. 19, 1785.
My friends in France were so apprehensive.... BF to Jonathan Williams, Jr., May 5, 1785; BF to Richard and Sarah Bache, May 10, 1785.
Having stayed in France.... from Benjamin Franklin’s diary, July 12-23, 1785; BF to Benjamin Vaughan, July 24, 1785; BF to Anne-Catherine de Ligniville Helvetius, July 19, 1785, translated in Carl Van Doren, ed., Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiographical Writings (New York: Viking, 1945), 648-49; BF to Thomas Jefferson, July 21, 1785; BF to Jonathan Shipley, no date but probably in July, 1785; BF to Jane Mecom, July 13, 1785; BF to Mary Hewson, July 4, 1785.
The voyage from thence to Southampton.... I read over the writings.... Capt. Jennings carried down.... BF to Benjamin Vaughan, July 24, 1785; from Benjamin Franklin’s diary, July 24-28, 1785.
10. THE CREATION OF A NEW NATION, 1785-87
We had a pleasant ... BF to Mary Stevenson Hewson, Oct. 30, 1785; BF to John Coakley Lettsom, July 26, 1785; BF to Jonathan Williams, Jr., Jan. 27, 1786; BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Mar. 6, 1786; BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Apr. 15, 1787; BF to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Aug. 15, 1786; BF to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Aug. 15, 1786.
On September 14, 1785... from Benjamin Franklin’s diary, Sept. 14, 1785.
I was continually surrounded... BF to Jane Mecom, Sept. 19, 1785; BF the Justices of the City and County of Philadephia, Sept. 1785; BF to John and Sara Van Brugh Livingston Jay, Sep. 21, 1785.
The vessel from Havre ... BF to Rodolphe-Ferdinand Grand, Mar. 5, 1786.
Statuary Mr. Houdon ... BF to George Washington, Sept. 20, 1785; BF Thomas Jefferson, Oct. 1, 1785; PBF 43:u579, BF to Houdon, Nov. 30, 1785.
Upon my return, I found ... BF to John Hunter, Nov. 24, 1786; BF to David Hartley, Oct. 27, 1785; BF to Rodolphe-Ferdinand Grand, Mar. 5, 1786.
There is a tradition that... I saw in the public papers ... The great business of the continent ...If we enter the cities ... At the distance I live... There remain the merchants ... Whoever has traveled ... It is true that in ... Indeed some among us ... The agriculture and fisheries ... PBF 43:u781, From Benjamin Franklin: On the Internal State of America, c. 1785.
I think myself happy.... BF to the Philadelphia Constitution Society, Sept. 1785; BF to John Hunter, Nov. 24, 1786; BF to Lafayette, Apr. 17, 1787; BF to Abbe Andre Morellet, Apr. 22, 1787.
It was my intention to avoid... BF to John and Susanna Bard, Nov. 14, 1785; BF to Jonathan Williams, Jr., Feb. 12, 1786; BF to Mary Stevenson Hewson, Oct. 30, 1785; PBF 43:u454, BF to Thomas Paine, Sep. 27, 1785; BF to Jonathan Shipley, Feb. 24, 1786; BF to the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Apr. 15, 1787; BF to Jane Mecom, Nov. 4, 1787.
I think we are in the right road.... BF to Jonathan Shipley, Feb. 24, 1786; BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Mar. 6, 1786.
As to public affairs.... BF to Thomas Jefferson, Mar. 20, 1786; BF to Rodolphe-Ferdinand Grand, Mar. 5, 1786.
During some years past.... “A. B.”, c. 1786; The Retort Courteous, c. 1786; BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Apr. 15, 1787.
Clearly the present inability.... The Retort Courteous, c. 1786.
The ships of the fleet employ’d themselves.... The army, having thus.... Our enemies are very.... The Retort Courteous, c. 1786; BF to Lafayette, Apr. 17, 1787.
Honesty in money matters.... “A. B.,” c. 1786; BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Mar. 6, 1786; BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Apr. 15, 1787.
Direct taxes on land.... BF to Abbe Andre Morellet, Apr. 22, 1787; BF to George Whatley, May 18, 1787; BF to Alexander Small, Sep. 28, 1787.
Fortunately, our duties are.... BF to Don Diego de Gardoqui, June 11, 1787; BF to Louis-Guilaume Le Veillard, Apr. 22, 1788.
It gives me extreme pleasure... Franklin tract relative to the English School in Pennsylvania, 1788; BF to the University of Pennsylvania, Sept. 1785.
I also offered the following.... From Benjamin Franklin: Hints for Consideration on the Orphan School House in Philadelphia, c. 1785.
I wrote also a paper entitled... Franklin tract relative to the English School in Pennsylvania, 1788.
Recently I received Noah Webster’s ... letter to Noah Webster, Jr., Dec. 26, 1789.
The Latin language.... BF to Noah Webster, Jr., Dec. 26, 1789.
Our English language bids... BF to Noah Webster, Jr., Dec. 26, 1789.
It gave me great pleasure.... One of them was about the new alphabet ... BF to James Bowdoin, Jan. 1, 1786; BF to Jane Mecom, Jan. 1, 1786; BF to Jane Mecom, May 2, 1786; BF to Mary Stevenson, Sept. 28, 1768.<
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As to my health, the pains.... BF to Jane Mecom, Jan. 24, 1786; BF to Jan Ingenhousz, Sep. 2, 1786; BF to John Hunter, Nov. 24, 1786.
On the whole the stone.... BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Apr. 15, 1787; BF to Thomas Jordon, May 18, 1787; BF to the Comte de Buffon, Nov. 4, 1787; BF to Madame Brillon, Dec. 31, 1781.
I am now surrounded by my offspring.... BF to Jonathan Shipley, Feb. 24, 1786; BF to the Comtesse D’Houdetot, Apr. 17, 1787.
My daughter lives with me.... BF to Matthew Byles, June 1, 1788.
Benny went to college.... BF to Mary Stevenson Hewson, Oct. 30, 1785; BF to Jonathan Shipley, Feb. 24, 1786; BF to Rodolphe-Ferdinand Grand, Mar. 5, 1786; BF to Jane Mecom, May 2, 1786.
In 1786, I received the pleasing news.... BF to Daniel Roberdeau, Mar. 23, 1786; John Wilkes to William Temple Franklin, Sep. 18, 1786; BF to John Wilkes, Sep. 21, 1786; BF to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, Apr. 18, 1787.
I began to build two good brick houses ... BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Apr. 15, 1787; BF to Jane Mecom, Sep. 21, 1786; BF to Jane Mecom, May 30, 1787.
I found upon my return.... BF to Marsilio Landriani, Oct. 14, 1787.
The two new houses.... BF to Jane Mecom, May 30, 1787; BF to Jane Mecom, Sep. 20, 1787.
When I look at these buildings.... BF to Jane Mecom, May 30, 1787.
A long winter passed.... BF to Mary Hewson, May 6, 1786.
Cards are sometimes played.... BF to Mary Hewson, May 6, 1786.
As to public amusements ... BF to Mary Hewson, May 6, 1786.
During the long winter.... As a great part.... Another means of preserving health.... BF to Catherine Shipley, May 2, 1786.
I often think with great pleasure.... Letter to Alexander Small, Feb. 19, 1787.
The world suffer’d a great loss ... BF to Caleb Whitefoord, May 13, 1785; BF to Rodolphe-Ferdinand Grand, Apr. 22, 1787; BF to Richard Price, May 18, 1787.
I wish to hear from my friends.... BF to Abbe Martin Lefebvre de la Roche, Apr. 22, 1787.
But tho’ I could not leave.... BF to Abbe Andre Morellet, Apr. 22, 1787; BF to Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont, Oct. 7, 1786.
I am grown so old.... BF to George Whatley, May 18, 1787.
I wrote a letter of recommendation.... BF to the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Apr. 15, 1787; BF to Charles-Henri, Comte d’Estaing, Apr. 15, 1787; BF to Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard, Apr. 15, 1787; BF to Thomas Jefferson, Apr. 19, 1787.
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