1From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph-Étienne Bertier, 31 January 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society With cordial Thanks for your many Civilities to me when in...
2The State of the Trade with the West Indies, 3–6 December 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , December 3–6, 1768 In a Letter of mine, which you inserted in...
3From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 5 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Cornell University Library It feels very strange to me to have Ships and Packets come in,...
4From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas-François Dalibard, 31 January 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society I sent you sometime since, Priestly’s History of...
5From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 16 April 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Transcript: Historical Society of Pennsylvania While I am writing, the letters by the March...
6Arguments Pro and Con: I, 18–20 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , October 18–20, 1768 As I have often experienced the great...
7Phonetic alphabet, with Franklin’s comments, [20 July? 1768] (Franklin Papers)
AD : American Philosophical Society The document that follows was in the papers of Mary Stevenson...
8From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 13 February 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I received your kind Letter per Capt. Story, of Nov. 19, and...
9From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway, 16 April 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library The March Packet is just arrived, and has brought me your Favour of...
10Reply to Thomas Crowley, 21 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
AD : British Museum; printed in The Public Advertiser , October 24, 1768. Thomas Crowley, an...
11From Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 28 July 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Extract reprinted from The American Museum, or, Universal Magazine , VIII (July, 1790), 120. I...
12From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 16 February 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Nationalbibliothek, Vienna I wrote to you per Packet, and also by Mr. Ayres, who goes in...
13From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 20 February 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have written to you lately by Packet, by Mr. Ayres, and by...
14From Benjamin Franklin to O[liver] N[eave, before 1769] (Franklin Papers)
Printed from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity … (4th edition,...
15From Benjamin Franklin to John Alleyne, 9 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): American Philosophical Society This well known letter was apparently first published...
16Reply to “A Portugal Merchant,” [end of April 1768] (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society Your Paper of April 28. contains a Letter from Lisbon ,...
17Arguments Pro and Con: II, 27–29 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , October 27–29, 1768 Having, in your Chronicle of Oct. 20,...
18From Benjamin Franklin to Mary Stevenson, [October? 1768] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I return my dear Polly her Letters with Thanks for the Sight...
19From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Wharton, 20 February 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from William Temple Franklin, ed., Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin...
20From Benjamin Franklin to Richard Bache, 13 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Mrs. E[lizabeth] D[uane] Gillespie, A Book of Remembrance (Philadelphia and...
21From Benjamin Franklin to Anthony Todd, 29 October 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Copy of ALS : Clements Library Franklin’s long-lasting interest in the Gulf Stream, which is...
22The State of the Trade with the Northern Colonies, 1–3 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , November 1–3, 1768. At a time when our disputes with America...
23From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 21 February 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I received your kind Letter of Dec. 1. I condole with you...
24Queries, 16–18 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , August 16–18, 1768 QUERIES recommended to the Consideration of...
25From Benjamin Franklin to John Ross, 14 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania I received your Favour of March 13. and am extreamly...
26Causes of the American Discontents before 1768, 5–7 January 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , January 5–7, 1768. Verner W. Crane has called this essay...
27From Benjamin Franklin to Lord Kames, 28 February 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Abercairny Collection, Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh It gave me great Pleasure to see...
28On Civil War, 25 August 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted in The Pennsylvania Chronicle , November 28–December 5, 1768, from The Public...
29From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 8 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : New Haven Colony Historical Society I write this Line in great Haste, just to let you know...
30From Benjamin Franklin to [John Canton], 9 March 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : The Royal Society Dr. Priestly left these Specimens of the Circles with me to be produc’d...