The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 41: Volume 41: September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784 PDF
Preview The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 41: Volume 41: September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784
THE PAPERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN sponsored by The American Philosophical Society and Yale University This page intentionally left blank This page intentionally left blank “Information to Those Who Would Remove to America” T H E P A P E R S O F volume 41 September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784 ellen r. cohn, Editor jonathan r. dull, Senior Associate Editor robert p. frankel, jr., kate m. ohno, and philipp ziesche, Associate Editors alicia k. anderson, allegra di bonaventura, alysia m. cain, adrina m. garbooshian, and michael sletcher, Assistant Editors New Haven and London yale university press, 2014 As indicated in the fi rst volume, this edition was made possible through the vision and generosity of Yale University and the American Philosophical Society and by a substantial donation from Henry R. Luce in the name of Life Magazine. Additional funds were provided by a grant from the Ford Foundation to the National Archives Trust Fund Board. Subsequent support has come from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Major underwriting of the present volume has been provided by the Packard Humanities Institute through Founding Fathers Papers, Inc., the Florence Gould Foundation, the Cinco Hermanos Fund, and The Pew Charitable Trusts. We gratefully acknowledge the bequest of Raymond N. Kjellberg, which will continue to sustain our enterprise. We offer particular appreciation to Richard Gilder, Charles and Ann Johnson, Mason Willrich, the Yale Class of 1954, Claude-Anne Lopez, and the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary for generous donations that will insure the future of the edition. We are grateful for the generous support of Candace and Stuart Karu, Richard N. Rosenfeld, Phyllis Z. and Fenmore R. Seton, Malcolm N. Smith, Ralph Gregory Elliot, and Sheldon Cohen. Gifts from many other individuals as well as donations from the American Philosophical Society, Yale University, the New York Times Foundation, the Friends of the Franklin Papers, and the Saturday Evening Post Society help to sustain the enterprise. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin is a benefi ciary of the generous and long-standing support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission under the chairmanship of the Archivist of the United States. The National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency, has provided signifi cant support for this volume. For the assistance of all these organizations and individuals, as well as for the indispensable aid of archivists, librarians, scholars, and collectors of Franklin manuscripts, the editors are most grateful. © 2014 by the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge and by Yale University. All rights reserved. No part of the editorial contents of this volume in excess of 300 words may be reprinted in any form without permission in writing from Yale University Press. Much of the textual material is included by special permission of the owners of the original manuscripts or holders of existing copyrights and should not be reprinted without their authorization. Library of Congress catalog card number: 59–12697 International standard book number: 978-0-300-20374-5 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the U.S.A. Administrative Board David B. Davis, American Philosophical Society, Chairman Joyce E. Chaplin, Harvard University Ellen R. Cohn, Yale University, Secretary Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Yale University Robert Darnton, American Philosophical Society John E. Donatich, Yale University Press Richard S. Dunn, American Philosophical Society Joanne B. Freeman, Yale University Paul LeClerc, New York Public Library Robert Middlekauff, University of California, Berkeley Edmund S. Morgan (deceased), Yale University John C. Van Horne, American Philosophical Society Mason Willrich, Yale University Gordon S. Wood, American Philosophical Society To avid rion avis D B D with gratitude and appreciation Contents Foreign-language surnames and titles of nobility often run to great length. Our practice with an untitled person is to provide all the Christian names at the fi rst appearance, and then drop them; a chevalier or noble is given the title used at the time, and the full name is provided in the index. *Denotes a document referred to in annotation. List of Illustrations xxix Contributors to Volume 41 xxxiii Statement of Methodology xxxiv Abbreviations and Short Titles xl Note by the Editors and the Administrative Board liv Introduction lvi Chronology lx 1783 Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts 3 To Richard Price, September 16 6 From Prince Bariatinskii, with Franklin’s Draft of a Reply, September 16 8 From Sir Edward Newenham, September 16 9 *From Miss E. Stubbs, September 16: see pages 546–7 *From ——— d’Avelange, September 17: see page 547 From James Bennet, September 17 10 *From Pierre Carrèl, September 17: see pages 306–7 From Robert Morris, September 17 12 From Patrick Murphy et al., September 17 13 *From Graf von Schönfeld, [before September 18]: see page 98, note 7 To Benjamin Rush, September 18 14 From Samuel Chase, September 18 15 *From Pierre-Antoine-Jean Remond, September 18: see page 281 ix
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