[64] Diplomatic Corresp. of Amer. Rev. iv. 249, 251.
[65] Diplomatic Corresp. of Amer. Rev. iv. 246.
[66] Ibid. 245.
[67] Parton's Life of Franklin, ii. 383.
[68] See Franklin's Works, vi. 294.
[69] Bancroft, Hist. U. S. ix. 480.
[70] Franklin's Works, vii. 404; viii. 236.
[71] For example, with Norway, with Denmark, and with Portugal.
[72] See, for example, Franklin's Works, vii. 252, note.
[73] Franklin's Works, vii. 207; the letter is unfortunately too long to quote. See also his letter to Lafayette, Ibid. 237.