Note 1304 — Chapter VIII · (continued 2)

Life and Writings of Washington, vol. i., Memoir, and vol. ii. 16-26, 68-93, 468. Sparks also encountered the subject in dealing with Franklin, for the Autobiography of Franklin (Franklin’s Works, ed. Sparks, i. 183,—some errors pointed out, p. 192; Bigelow’s ed., p. 303) gives some striking pictures of the confidence of Braddock and the assurance of the public, the indignation of Braddock towards what he conceived to be the apathy if not disloyalty of the Pennsylvanians, and the assistance of Franklin himself in procuring wagons for the army (in which he advanced money never wholly repaid,—Franklin’s Works, vii. 95). On this latter point, see Sargent, p. 164; and Penna. Archives, vol. ii. 294.