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81. Letter to the Rev. Father Beccaria, 13 July 1762 : description of a new musical instrument composed of Letter to the Rev. Father Beccaria, 13 July 1762 : description of a new musical instrument composed of glasses, called the armonica. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819. Glass harmonica.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence. 		Franklin writes from London to Father Beccaria about the "new instrument lately added here" which he called the "Armonica." He mentions similar instruments created by two other men, and then his own refinements....
82. Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania; an address delivered at the Academy of Music in Benjamin Franklin and the University of Pennsylvania; an address delivered at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia at the request of Pennsylvania, April 17,1906 Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
University of Pennsylvania. 		Hampton Carson, Pennsylvania attorney general, describes the personality and interests of Benjamin Franklin, touching especially on those characteristics that led Franklin to be involved with educational...
83. Importance of gaining and preserving the friendship of the Indians. From: The complete works of Benjamin Importance of gaining and preserving the friendship of the Indians. From: The complete works of Benjamin Franklin; including his private as well as his official and scientific correspondence, and numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed, with many others not included in any former collection, also, the unmutilated and correct version of his autobiography. Comp. and ed. by John Bigelow. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887-88. United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Indians, Treatment of -- North America.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence. 		In an anonymously-published letter, Benjamin Franklin declares the importance of cultivating good relations between the British colonists in North America and the Native Americans. He suggests two means...
84. Letters to the Gentleman's Magazine on the subject of electricity, May 1750 and January 1756. Letters to the Gentleman's Magazine on the subject of electricity, May 1750 and January 1756. Electricity -- History -- 18th century.
Lightning rods. 		In two letters, correspondents to the "Gentleman's Magazine" published in London, England write about electricity and, in particular, the design of lightning rods.
85. Electricity experiments reported in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1751-1755. Electricity experiments reported in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1751-1755. Lightning -- Experiments -- History.
Electricity -- Experiments -- History.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. 		Letters to the Royal Society dealing with Benjamin Franklin's experiments with lightning and electricity. These include "Account of Mr. Benjamin Franklin's treatise, intitled, Experiments and observations...
86. Franklin & fires : his interest therein and his efforts to protect the citizens of Philadelphia from Franklin & fires : his interest therein and his efforts to protect the citizens of Philadelphia from devastation : especially in relation to the Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Fire prevention--History.
Insurance, Fire--History. 		Published in the bicentennial year of his birth, this volume describes Benjamin Franklin's numerous achievements in connection with fire. Particularly highlighted are: his role in the establishment of...
87. Franklin and the University. Franklin and the University. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
University of Pennsylvania. 		Reprinted from the "Alumni register" of the University of Pennsylvania, of February and March, 1906, this article describes Benjamin Franklin's role as the "real founder" of the university, and as one...
88. Frankliniana in the University library. Frankliniana in the University library. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
University of Pennsylvania. Library. 		Reprinted from the "Alumni register" of the University of Pennsylvania, of February and March, 1906, this article consists of a numbered descriptive list of items in the university library that are related...
89. Benjamin Franklin as a free mason; compiled at the request of the right worshipful grand master of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin as a free mason; compiled at the request of the right worshipful grand master of Pennsylvania and read at the bi-centenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin before the right worshipful grand lodge of Pennsylvania, free and accepted masons, March seventh, nineteen hundred and six, by Julius Friedrich Sachse. Philadelphia: s.n., 1906. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Freemasonry.
Freemasons -- Pennsylvania.
Freemasons -- Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. 		Sketch of Benjamin Franklin's career as a mason that was written for the celebration of Franklin's bicentennial. Includes facsimiles from original manuscript sources and lengthy quotations from published...
90. Report of the Committee on Aggrievances of the Assembly of Pennsylvania. From: The complete works of Report of the Committee on Aggrievances of the Assembly of Pennsylvania. From: The complete works of Benjamin Franklin; including his private as well as his official and scientific correspondence, and numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed, with many others not included in any former collection, also, the unmutilated and correct version of his autobiography. Comp. and ed. by John Bigelow. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887-88. Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 The committee address the king of England with a list of five grievances against the proprietors of the colony of Pennsylvania, and then list several general "hardships the people of this province have...
91. Act for the better ordering and regulating such as are willing and desirous to be united for military Act for the better ordering and regulating such as are willing and desirous to be united for military purposes in Pennsylvania. From: The complete works of Benjamin Franklin; including his private as well as his official and scientific correspondence, and numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed, with many others not included in any former collection, also, the unmutilated and correct version of his autobiography. Comp. and ed. by John Bigelow. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1887-88. Pennsylvania -- Militia -- History.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 		This act was drawn up by Benjamin Franklin and passed by the Assembly of Pensylvania. It recognizes the pacifist convictions of the Quaker founders of Pennsylvania, and therefore establishes the militia...
92. Letter to Mr. Humphry, 14 February 1773 : on the spots in the sun, a new hypothesis. From: Memoirs of Letter to Mr. Humphry, 14 February 1773 : on the spots in the sun, a new hypothesis. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819. Sunspots -- Early works to 1800.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence. 		Writing from London, Benjamin Franklin acknowledges receipt of some seeds from Humphry, as well as the latter's observations on sunspots. Franklin relates how he has circulated Humphry's notes to members...
93. Conduct of the Paxton-men, impartially represented; the distresses of the frontiers, and the complaints Conduct of the Paxton-men, impartially represented; the distresses of the frontiers, and the complaints and sufferings of the people fully stated ... With some remarks upon the Narrative, of the Indian-massacre, lately publish'd. Interspers'd with several interesting anecdotes, relating to the military genius, and warlike principles of the people call'd Quakers: together-with proper reflection and advice upon the whole. In a letter from a gentleman in one of the back counties, to a friend in Philadelphia. ... Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. A narrative of the late massacres.
Paxton boys.
Conestoga Indians.
Indians of North America -- Pennsylvania.
Massacres.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. 		Writing in response to the reports of and commentary on the recent masssacre of Native Americans in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania -- and especially to Benjamin Franklin's 'A Narrative of the Late Massacres'...
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