THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

THE LIFE

OP

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,

INCLUDING A SKETCH OF

THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE WAR

OF INDEPENDENCE,

AND OF

THE VARIOUS NEGOCIATIONS AT PARIS FOR PEACE;

WITH THE HISTORY OF

HIS POLITICAL AND OTHER WRITINGS.

LONDON:-1826.

PRINTED FOR HUNT AND CLARKE,

TAVISTOCK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN;