[546] Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. XII. pp. 231, 232.
[547] Memorial to the Sovereigns of Europe, (2d edit.,) p. 93.
[548] Ibid., p. 91.
[549] Two Memorials, (London, 1782,) Preface, p. 1.
[550] Ibid., pp. 20, 33.
[551] Franklin’s Works, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 491.
[552] Letter to the President of Congress, February 10, 1784: Works, Vol. VIII. p. 179.
[553] Letter to John Nichols, February 8, 1788: Nichols’s Literary Anecdotes, Vol. VIII. p. 112, note.
[554] Memorial to the Sovereigns of America,(London, 1783,) pp. 5-7.
[555] Ibid., pp. 16, 21, 22, 37.