Note 307 — Chapter I · (continued 3)

It is printed in Almon's Prior Documents (1777), with Franklin's name, and Sparks includes it in his edition of Franklin (iv. 466). Lee is also said to have had a main hand, aided by Franklin, in An appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain in the present dispute with America (London, 1774). Cf. Sparks's Franklin, iv. 409. Another tract ascribed at the time to Franklin was really written by James Wilson, namely, Considerations on the nature and extent of the legislative authority of the British parliament Philad., 1774. Cf, Sparks's Franklin, iv. 409.