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Sixth Year. 

 Vol. XII. No. 304. 



NEW YORK, NovEMBKR 30, 1888. 



FRANKLIN 



IN 



FRANCE. 



From Original Documents^ most of which are 

 now published for the first time. By ED- 

 WARD E. HALE and EDWARD E. 

 HALE, Jr. 



Part I, The Alliance. 

 Pakt H. The Treaty of Peace and Frank- 

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