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Show vi PREFACE 5}! the EDITOR. Can Eng/Marleen read thefe things, and not figh at recolleéting that the connlry which could produce their author, was once with- out controverfy their awn!---Yet he who praifes Dr. Franklin for mere aéilz'ty, praifes him for that quality of his mind, which {lands loweft in his own efleem. Reader, whoever you are, and how much focver you think you hate him, know that this great man loves you enough to wifh to do you good : THE TABLE or CONTENTS. I" D I V I S I O N; containing paper: on fleajefi: 9f General Politics, marked [G. P.] on Me to; of eaclv leaf. \ P33 | His country's friend, but more of human kind. 1. Olzfer'uations on the increafe of mankind, peopling of eonntrier, {‘35. I 2. Remarks on xii/to, [particularly reflrefiing Ilse efiefis whirl: manners have on populalien,] by R. 9‘. Efq; 3. Plan by Meflrr. Franklin and Dalrynzple for benefiting di/lam‘ unprevideai countries 1- 4.. Preeaulion in Claim again/l Famine 5. Pofilians to be examined [concerning National Wealth] 6. Political Fragments [on Ike fubjefls of induflry, embargoer on corn, poor, eflee‘l of dear proviflons on manufaflures, open trade, 5976. and paper-eredit.] 4.8 +1 Thefe marks point out pieces in each divifion, which are 'ound difi'erently arranged in the 5.711} aft/2e were. Accident or late difcovery of the piece 0CCJfiOfl€tl this circumflance; which inay be eafily remedied when the work is reprinted. In the mean time, the table of contents Ihews the order in which the Whole is to be read. 7. On |