. Benjamin Franklin: his autobiography : with a narrative of his public life and services. treet-sweeper 20] The Horse and Packages for the Camp 221 The precipitous Flight, & 224 I/larch to Gnadenhutten 233 Franklins Military Escort 241 Count do Buffon 246 Franklin taking Wine with the new Governor 251 The Sign of St. George and the Dragon 256 The Ship in danger of Rocks, &;c 254 Franklin writing to his Wife at Falmouth 265 Portrait of Mrs. Franklin -291 Heading and Initial Letter for Farahla*. 301 Franklin on his Tour of Inspection 320 Franklins Departure from Chester 343 Bees Swarming 34
. Benjamin Franklin: his autobiography : with a narrative of his public life and services. treet-sweeper 20] The Horse and Packages for the Camp 221 The precipitous Flight, & 224 I/larch to Gnadenhutten 233 Franklins Military Escort 241 Count do Buffon 246 Franklin taking Wine with the new Governor 251 The Sign of St. George and the Dragon 256 The Ship in danger of Rocks, &;c 254 Franklin writing to his Wife at Falmouth 265 Portrait of Mrs. Franklin -291 Heading and Initial Letter for Farahla*. 301 Franklin on his Tour of Inspection 320 Franklins Departure from Chester 343 Bees Swarming 348 Reception of the Pompadour Satin, &c. 374 Franklins Transformation hy a French Tailor and Perruquier 390 Lord Hillsboroughs Visit to Dr. Franklin at Oxford 402 The Boston 424 Heads of Lords Chatham and Camden _ 452 Franklin and Mrs. Howe at Chess 457 Portrait of Richard Henry Lee 482 The Committee on the Declaration oflndependence 485 Popular Feeling in Paris toward 4 99 Portrait of General La Fayette 509 Franklin amusing him?elf at his little Press 530. W (T It^^ioCt^ciym- iynnac/?Ty^U/n-f^, ^ Twyford, at the Bishop ofSt. Asaphs,* 1771. Dear Son,—I have ever hadpleasure in obtahiing any littleanecdotes of my ancesters. Youmay remember the inquiries Imade among the remains of mvrelations when you were witii * Twyford was the country residence ofDr. Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaphs. Dr. Frank- LIFE OF FRANKLIN. me in England, and the journey I undertook for thatpurpose. Imagining it may be equally agreeable toyou to learn the circumstances of my life, many ofwhich you are unacquainted with, and expecting theenjoyment of a few weeks uninterrupted leisure, Isit down to write them. Besides, there are someother inducements that excite me to this undertak-ing. From the poverty and obscurity in which Twas born, and in which I passed my earliest years,I have raised myself to a state of affluence andsome degree of celebrity in the world. As constantgood fortune has a
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