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Brooklyn, 1899, for a list of editions which are "practically reproductions" of the above.

1806. The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, now first collected and arranged with Memoirs of his early life, written by himself. In Three Volumes. . . . London. [Ed. by Marshall.] 2d ed. [1811.]

1818. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin. . . . Written by himself to a late period, and continued to the time of his death, by his Grandson; William Temple Franklin. Now first published from the original MSS. Comprising the Private Correspondence and Public Negotiations of Dr. Franklin, and a selection from his Political, Philosophical, and Miscellaneous Works. London. 3 vols. 4to. [Ford gives on the authority of Sabin an octavo issue in 6 vols., but doubts whether the first edition was so issued. "This is the first publication of any of the autobiography as written by Franklin, and of the third part in any form. It is followed by a continuation which is of great value. " Ford.] 2d and 3d eds. 6 vols. London, 1818. French translation of a part of the edition in Mémoires sur la Vie et les Écrits de Benjamin Franklin. Paris, 1817-1819; German translation, 1817-1819, Weimar; 1829, Kiel; 1833, London. Vols, v and vi of the second edition, The Posthumous and Other Writings of Benjamin Franklin. . . . London, 1819, in 2 vols. 2d ed. London, 1819. 3d ed. London, 1819.

1818. The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in Philosophy, Politics and Morals: containing, beside all the Writings published in former collections, his diplomatic correspondence . . . ; a variety of literary articles, and Epistolary correspondence, never before published: with Memoirs and anecdotes of his life. Vol. II. Philadelphia: Printed and published by William Duane. 1809. 6 vols. Vol. 1, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin . . . continued to the time of his death by his Grandson, William Temple Franklin. . . . Philadelphia, 1818. ["The editor added many pieces to what had hitherto been printed as Franklin's, derived almost wholly from the books and MSS. which came into his possession by his marriage with the widow of Benjamin Franklin Bache. " Ford.] An Augmented Edition with a Postliminious Preface was published in Philadelphia, 1834. New York, 1845, 1859, 1861.

1840. The Works of Benjamin Franklin; containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters official and private not hitherto published; with notes and a life of the author. By Jared Sparks.—Boston. 10 vols. Later editions: Boston, 1856; London, 1882. ["Mr. Sparks added some six hundred and fifty pieces to what had before been printed in editions of Franklin's writings, with many long and scholarly notes, which in spite of succeeding editions still makes this among the most valuable. " Ford.]

1889. The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin including his private as well as his official and scientific correspondence, and numerous letters and documents not included in any former collection, also the unmutilated and correct version of his autobiography, compiled and edited by John Bigelow.—New York. 10 vols. ["Mr. Bigelow has not only corrected many of Mr. Sparks's errors, but has added some six hundred new pieces to what had hitherto been printed as Franklin's." Ford.]

1905. The Writings of Benjamin Franklin collected and edited with a life and introduction by Albert Henry Smyth.—New York. Reprinted, 1907.