13. What happened in the evening?
14. What course did they pursue the next day? How did the commissioners excuse themselves?
15. Who proposed the plan for the Philadelphia hospital? What compliment did he pay to Franklin?
16. Did Franklin approve of the scheme and assist in it?
17. What did Mr. Gilbert Tennent request of Franklin? How was his request treated?
18. What advice did Franklin give?
19. To what smaller matters of public interest did Franklin now attend?
CHAPTER XI.
Spence's Experiments in Electricity. Franklin repeats them. Makes important Discoveries. Letters to Collinson. Experiment with the Kite. Publication of his Letters. Anecdote of the Abbé Nollet. Fame of Franklin. Elected a Member of the Royal Society.