Note 37 — THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN ADAMS.
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Dr Franklin expresses this opinion very strongly on several occasions; and after he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary, with the duties of commercial agent attached to his office, he repeatedly solicited Congress to separate these duties, and to leave him in charge only of those branches of business, which pertained to him in the character of Minister. See Franklin's Correspondence, Vol. III. pp. 90, 108, 119, 131.