. Scenes from the life of Benjamin Franklin. and fittingsin the room conform to the French fashions of the last quarterof the eighteenth century. Franklin is represented without a wig. Although earlierin life he had worn the regulation wig, in France we hear ofhis straight unpowdered hair. Franklin appeared at courtin the dress of an American farmer, wrote Mme. his was, as she said, in singular contrast with the [pAOE 77J FRANKLIN THE DIPLOMATIST laced and embroidered coats, &c. of the courtiers of tlie hitler part of his life Franklin, although in generalwell-fo
. Scenes from the life of Benjamin Franklin. and fittingsin the room conform to the French fashions of the last quarterof the eighteenth century. Franklin is represented without a wig. Although earlierin life he had worn the regulation wig, in France we hear ofhis straight unpowdered hair. Franklin appeared at courtin the dress of an American farmer, wrote Mme. his was, as she said, in singular contrast with the [pAOE 77J FRANKLIN THE DIPLOMATIST laced and embroidered coats, &c. of the courtiers of tlie hitler part of his life Franklin, although in generalwell-formed, was inclined somew-hat to corpulency. For thecolor of the INIanchester velvet coat which he wore at thesigning of this treaty, the artist was able to procure a samplein Paris, where there were records of his dress on this faces in this painting are studied with care fromauthentic portraits. Arthur Lee wears a dissatisfied look asif still nervously anxious over the much-debated molassesarticle in the treaty. [page 78]. FRANKLINS FINAL HOME-COMING FRANKLINS FINAL HOME-COMING AFTER the signing of the treaty of alHance, Franklincontinued in France about seven years. It was fortu-nate for the world that this could be, for he played avaluable part in drafting the treaty of peace which closed ourRevolutionary War, and in reconciling the British and Frenchrepresentatives to its terms. In a treaty with Prussia (1785), through the influence ofFranklin there were incorporated, says J. W. Foster, two ad-vanced principles of international law, the abolition of pri-vateering and the exemption in war of private property atsea. This has been called the best lesson of humanity whicha philosophical king (Frederick II) acting in concert with aphilosophical patriot (Franklin), could possibly give to theprinces and statesmen of the earth. Franklin was uninterruptedly a favorite with the Frenchcourt. Among the agents from America he had enemies whotried repeatedly to persuade Cong
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