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Introduction

To the Royal Academy of Brussels

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From Benjamin Vaughan, January 31, 1783

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Chapter 01

Onania; Or the Heinous Sin of Self-Pollution (Boston, 1724)

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Marriage Law, 1701

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Marriage Law, 1730

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The Pennsylvania Gazette, July 23, 1730

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Chapter 02

Apology for Printers

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To Jane Mecom

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To William Vassall

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Franklin Stove:

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A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain

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Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion

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From Ezra Stiles

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A Letter to a Friend in the Country

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Chapter 03

Plain Truth

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To John Franklin

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Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor

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A Dialogue Between X, Y, and Z

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Pennsylvania Assembly: Address to the Governor

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Minutes from the Easton Conference:

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Pennsylvania Assembly Committee: Report on Easton Conference

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To Peter Collinson 1

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To William Dunlap

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Power of Attorney to Deborah Franklin

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To Deborah Franklin

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To Joseph Galloway

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To Peter Collinson 2

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To Peter Collinson 3

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To Peter Collinson 3

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To John Mitchell

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To Deborah Franklin 1

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To Deborah Franklin 2

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William Franklin to Elizabeth Graeme

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To Isaac Norris

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Chapter 04

To Richard Jackson

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A Narrative of the Late Massacres

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To Richard Jackson

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Pennsylvania Assembly Committee: Report

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Pennsylvania Assembly: Resolves upon the Present Circumstances

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To Richard Jackson

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Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation of Our Public Affairs

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Pennsylvania Assembly: Petition to the King

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Preface to Joseph Galloway’s Speech

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Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind

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To Richard Jackson

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Protest against the Appointment of Benjamin Franklin as Agent

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Remarks on a Late Protest Against the Appointment of Mr. Franklin

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To David Hall

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From David Hall

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From Charles Thomson

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From Deborah Franklin

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Examination before the Committee of the Whole of the House of Commons

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To William Franklin

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From William Franklin

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To William Franklin

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Chapter 05

Sketch of Propositions for a Peace

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From Joseph Galloway

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From the Pennsylvania Gazette

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To Nathaniel Seidel

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To Joseph Priestly

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Proposed Articles of Confederation

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From William Strahan

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The Pennsylvania Assembly: Instructions to Its Delegates in Congress 1

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The Commissioners to Canada to John Hancock

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The Pennsylvania Assembly: Instructions to Its Delegates in Congress 2

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To George Washington

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Protest against the First Draft of the Articles of Confederation

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To Jane Mecom

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Paul Wentworth to William Eden

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Chapter 06

To Arthur Lee

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To Anne-Louise Boivin d’Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy

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From Sarah Bache

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To Sarah Bache

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From Sarah Bache

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From John Adams

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To Richard Bache

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From William Franklin

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To John and Sarah Van Brugh Livingston Jay

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1777 Militia Law

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Convention Speech on Salaries

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Convention Speech Proposing Prayers

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To Jane Mecom

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From John Armstrong

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To George Washington (from George Washington Papers Library of Congress: (http://ow.ly/yEYu5)

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Will and Codicil

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From Granville Sharp

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The Pennsylvania Abolition Society to the United States Congress

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Franklin Epitaph:

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