Page:The Cambridge History of American Literature, v1.djvu/471

This page needs to be proofread.
Franklin
445

[1751.] Observations on the late and present Conduct of the French. . . . To which is added, wrote by another hand [Franklin]: Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, Etc. Boston, 1755. Reprinted, London, 1755. (The Observations were written in 1751.)

1753. Supplemental Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Part II, made at Philadelphia in America . . . . London. 2d ed. London, 1754. 3d. ed. 1762.

1754. New Experiments and Observations on Electricity. . . . Part III, London. 4th ed. 1765.

1754. Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital. . . . Philadelphia. Reprinted with continuation. Philadelphia, 1817.

[1754-6?] Plan For Settling Two Western Colonies in North America. (See Smyth's ed., vol. in, pp. 358 ff.)

1757. An Abridgement of Mr. Hopkins' Historical Memoirs. . . . Philadelphia. (Introduction by Franklin.)

[1757.] Poor Richard Improved. . . . Philadelphia. [Contains the collection of proverbs later issued separately as "Father Abraham's Speech," "The Way to Wealth," etc. Ford, who does not profess to have made an exhaustive list, records over one hundred and fifty editions and reprints of the speech.]

1759. An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania. . . . London. Included in the editions of Duane and Sparks. Reissued, separately by Duane, Philadelphia, 1808. Philadelphia, 1812, reissue of 1st ed.

1759. Some Account of the Success of Inoculation for the Small-Pox. . . . London.

[1759?] [Parable Against Persecution] Second version, London, 176-? [London, 1793]. German translation, Dessau, 1855.

1759. A True and Impartial State of the Province of Pennsylvania. . . . Philadelphia.

1760. The Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to her Colonies, and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe. To which are added, Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind. . . . London. 2d ed., London, 1761. Reprinted, Boston, 1760. 2d ed., 1760. Philadelphia, 1760. Dublin, 1760.

1764. Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation of our Public Affairs. . . . Philadelphia. Printed by W. Dunlap; also, the same date, Printed by A. Stewart.

1764. A Narrative of the late Massacres in Lancaster County. . . . [Philadelphia]; translated into German the same year.

1764. [A Petition to the King.]

1764. Remarks on a late Protest against the Appointment of Mr. Franklin An Agent for this Province. [Philadelphia.] German translation, [Germantown, 1764.]

1764. The Speech of Joseph Galloway, Esq. . . . [Preface by Franklin], Philadelphia, 2d ed., Philadelphia, 1764. London, 1765. German translation. Philadelphia, 1764.

[1766.] The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin. . . . [London, 1766]; another edition [London], with date 1767; [Philadelphia, 1766]; [New York, 1766]; [Boston, 1766?]; Williamsburg, 1766; Boston, 1766; [New London, 1766]; Strasbourg, [1767], (French translation); German translation, Philadelphia, 1766. Also published in several collections of tracts; see Ford, p. 133.