Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight

hundred and thirty-seven, by HILLIARD, GRAY, AND Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

FOLSOM, WELLS, AND THURSTON,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME FOURTH.

ESSAYS AND TRACTS, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL,

BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

(CONTINUED.)

The Interest of Great Britain considered, with Regard to

her Colonies and the Acquisitions of Canada and

Guadaloupe

A Narrative of the late Massacres, in Lancaster County,

of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province,

by Persons unknown. With some Observations on

the same

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1

54

Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation of our Public

Affairs

78

Petition to the King, for Changing the Proprietary Gov-

ernment of Pennsylvania into a Royal Government

Remarks on a Particular Militia Bill rejected by the Pro-

prietor's Deputy, or Governor.

93

95

.

101

Preface to the Speech of Joseph Galloway, on the Subject

of a Petition to the King for Changing the Pro-

prietary Government of Pennsylvania to a Royal

Government

Remarks on a Late Protest against the Appointment of

Mr. Franklin as Agent for the Province of Penn-

sylvania.

143

Letter concerning the Gratitude of America, and the Prob-

ability and Effects of a Union with Great Britain ;

and concerning the Repeal or Suspension of the

Stamp Act

The Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in the British

House of Commons, relative to the Repeal of the

American Stamp Act, in 1766.

Letter from Thomas Pownall to Dr. Franklin, concerning

an Equal Communication of Rights and Privileges

to America by Great Britain; with Dr. Franklin's

Remarks .

156

161

199

Remarks on a Plan for the Future Management of Indian

Affairs

201

206

Hints for a Reply to the Protests of certain Members

of the House of Lords against the Repeal of the

Stamp Act

Observations on Passages in a Pamphlet, entitled "Good

Humor, or a Way with the Colonies. London,

1766"

Observations on Passages in "A Letter from a Merchant

in London to his Nephew in North America. Lon-

don, 1766"

211

215

Walpole's Grant

233

Causes of the American Discontents before 1768

242

Preface to the "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania" 256

Dr. Franklin's Answers

258

270

Queries by Mr. Strahan, respecting American Affairs, and

State of the Constitution of the Colonies, by Governor

Pownall; with Remarks by Dr. Franklin

Observations on Passages in "An Inquiry into the Nature

and Causes of the Disputes between the British

Colonies in America and their Mother Country.

London, 1769"

Observations on Passages in a Pamphlet, entitled "The

True Constitutional Means for putting an End to

the Disputes between Great Britain and the Amer-

ican Colonies. London, 1769 "

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