Political, miscellaneous, and philosophical pieces; arranged under the following heads, and distinguished by initial letters in each leaf: G. P. General politics; A. B. T. American politics before the troubles; A. D. T. American politics during the troubles; P. P. Provincial or colony Politics; and M. P. Miscellaneous and philosophical pieces; written by Benj. Franklin, LL. D. and F. R. S. Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, of the Royal Society at Gottingen, and of the Batavian Society in Holland; President of the Philosophical Society at Philadelphia;-late agent in England for several of the American colonies; and at present chosen in America as Deputy to the General Congress for the State of Pensylvania; President of the Convention of the said State, and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Paris for the United States of America: now first collected, with explanatory plates, notes and an index to the whole.

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MDCCLXXIX. [1779]