Letters from Benjamin Franklin 457 



To [The Freemen of Pennsylvania. 



1764. September 28. Philadelphia.] 



Relative to some amendments which the Governor proposed to a 

 bill passed by the Assembly for the punishment of certain offences, 

 which amendments the Assembly refused to admit. This is one of 

 their offences against the Lord Proprietors for which they were abused 

 with all the virulence that malice can dictate, enforced by numberless 

 barefaced falsehoods that only the most dishonest can and would dare 

 to invent. (First part missing.) A. Dr. of L. I p. 



XLVI(i), 82. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, IV, 94; Bigelow, III, 305; Smyth, IV, 261). 



To [Colonel Henry Bouquet]. 1764. September 30. Philadelphia. 



Thinks of [Col. John] Bradstreet's peace [with the w^estern Indians] 

 as he does. Requests that if he writes any letter relating to the present 

 expedition, which is likely to be seen by the Secretary of State, that he 

 will mention him as ever ready to promote the service of the Crown. 

 Tells him that his sentiments of the Constitution are solid and just. 

 Until the change now attempted is effected there will be little internal 

 quiet in the administration of Public Affairs. Voltaire on the subject 

 of religious toleration. Gives a passage which, now that we are torn 

 to pieces by faction, religious and civil, shows that it is advantageous to 

 us that he views us at a favorable distance. Quotation in French con- 

 cerning unjust criminal laws; what should be accepted as proof or evi- 

 dence; presumptions should be excluded. Sends a pamphlet entitled 

 " Jugement rendu dans I'affaire du Canada." Thinks it may interest 

 him as during his war with that Colony he must have known some of the 

 characters concerned. A. Dr. of L. S. 3 p. 



XLV, 29 and XLVI(i), 82 >^. 



Printed in Works (Bigelow, X, 305; Smyth, IV, 267). 



Remarks on the Late Protest Against the Appointment of Mr. 

 Franklin as Agent for the Province of Pennsylvania. [1764.] 



Diss. (Incomplete.) 6 p. [This manuscript was issued as a pamph- 

 let, in Philadelphia in 1764.] I'(ii), 2. 



Printed in Works (Sparks, IV, 143; Bigelow, III, 356; Smyth, IV, 273). 



Epitaph on Mr. [William] Hogarth. [Circa 1764. November.] 

 A. N. I p. L(ii), 16. 



