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Excerpt from Familiar Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of Benjamin Franklin: Now for the First Time Published The Letters and Miscellaneous Papers, contained in this volume, and now for the first time published, have come into my hands from varioussources, While prosecuting te searches for other objects. They are in every respect so honourable to the character of their author, that I have thought apublica tion of them would be at the same time a just tribute to his memory, and an acceptable offering to all classes of readers that are fond of tracing the progress of genius, and of becoming acguainted With the heart and affections of a man who, as a philosopher, statesman, and economist, placed himself in the first rank of the illustrious persons of the age in Which he lived. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.