[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.