[4] Parton's Life of Franklin, i. 47.

[5] Bancroft, Hist. U. S. iv. 176.

[6] Bancroft, Hist. U. S. iv. 182.

[7] Bancroft, Hist. U. S. iv. 255.

[8] Works, i. 295, 296; see also an account, substantially the same, in letter to Bowdoin, January 13, 1772.

[9] Bancroft, Hist. U. S. iv. 363-365.

[10] Bancroft, Hist. U. S. iv. 380.

[11] Ibid. iv. 399.

[12] Franklin's animosity against the Penns was mitigated in later years. See Franklin's Works, viii. 273.

[13] Parton's Life of Franklin, i. 451, quoting Life of Joseph Reed, i. 37.