General Introduction Note on References Select Bibliography A Chronology of Benjamin Franklin AUTOBIOGRAPHY Silence Dogood, 4 To ’’Your Honour’’: Defense of James Franklin to Samuel Sewall 1 726 Journal Busy-Body, 3 Epitaph On Simplicity The Death of Infants Letter to Josiah & Abiah Franklin Apology for the Young Man in Goal Old Mistresses Apologue The Speech of Miss Polly Baker Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind The Kite Experiment The Way to Wealth Poor Richard ’’s Maxims ’’Homespun’’s’’ Further Defense of Indian Corn An Edict by the King of Prussia Letter to William Strahan Letter to Benjamin Vaughan The Whistle Letter to George Washington Letter to Joseph Priestley Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America Information to Those Who Would Remove to America Letter to Samuel Mather Letter to William Franklin The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams The Internal State of America Speech in the Constitutional Convention at the Conclusion of its Deliberations Letter to Ezra Stiles Explanatory Notes