The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Volume II: Philadelphia, 1726 - 1757

The Busy-Body, No. 1 - February 4, 1728/9

The Busy-Body, No. 2 - February 11, 1728/9

The Busy-Body, No. 3 - February 18, 1728/9

The Busy-Body, No. 4 - February 25, 1728/9

The Busy-Body, No. 5 - March 4, 1728/9

The Busy-Body, No. 8 - ?

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1729 - 1730

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1731

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1732

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1733

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1734

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1735

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1736 - 1737

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1738 - 1740

The Pennsylvania Gazette -1741 - 1747

Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion: Part I -1728

On the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency -March 27 through April 3, 1729

On the Providence of God in the Government of the World -1730

Doctrine to be Preached -1731

Rules and Proposals for a Club -1732

Essay on Paper-Currency -February, 1741

Letter from Theophilus Relating to the Divine Prescience -March, 1741

I Sing My Plain Country Joan -1741?

A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge Among the British Plantations in America -May 14, 1743

Apology for the Young Man in Goal -September 15, 1743

Old Mistresses Apologue -June 25, 1745

The Antediluvians Were All Very Sober -1745?

The Speech of Miss Polly Baker -April 15, 1747

Verses on the Virginia Capitol Fire -June 1, 1747

Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One -1748

Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania -1749

Rules Proper to be Observed in Trade -February 20, 1749/50

Rules for Making Oneself a Disagreeable Companion -November 15, 1750

Idea of the English School -1751

Course of Experiments -April 11, 1751

On the Transportation of Felons to the Colonies -April & May, 1751

Appeal for the Hospital -August, 1751

Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c. -1751

The Kite Experiment -October 19, 1752

Join or Die -May 9, 1754

The Albany Plan of Union w/ Reasons & Motives -July, 1754

No Taxation Without Representation: Three Letters of 1754 to Governor William Shirley, with a Preface of 1766 -December, 1754 & February 8, 1766

A Dialogue Between X, Y, and Z, Concerning the Present State of Affairs in Pennsylvania -December 18, 1755

A Parable Against Persecution -1755

A Parable on Brotherly Love -1755

I Concluded to Send You a Spinning Wheel -To Jane Franklin, Philadelphia, January 6, 1726/7

Too Severe Upon Hobbes -To James Logan, 1737?

Opinions Should Be Judged of by Their Influences -To Josiah and Abiah Franklin, April 13, 1738

Reading Jonathan Edwards -To Jane Mecom, Philadalphia, July 28, 1743

More Dependence on Works Than on Faith -To John Franklin, Philadelphia, 1745

All Wives Are in the Right -To James Read, August 17, 1745

Atlantic Ship Crossings and the Motion of the Earth -To Cadwallader Colden, February, 1746

Refutation of Andrew Baxter's "Enquiry into the Nature of the Human Soul" -To Thomas Hopkinson?, October 16, 1746

The Nature of Boys -To Jane Mecom, June, 1748

The Example of Confucius -To George Whitefield, Philadelphia, July 6, 1749

Movement of Hurricanes -To Jared Eliot, Philadelphia, February 13, 1749/50

Securing the Friendship of the Indians -To James Parker, Philadelphia, March 20, 1750/1

A Flexible Catheter -To John Franklin, Philadelphia, December 8, 1752

The Arithmetical Curiosity -To Peter Collinson, 1752?

The Magical Circle -To Peter Collinson, 1752?

Spouts and Whirlwinds -To John Perkins, Philadelphia, February 4, 1753

Electricity, the Transit of Mercury, and a Northwest Passage -To Cadwallader Colden, Philadelphia, February 28, 1753

The Support of the Poor -To Peter Collinson, Philadelphia, May 9, 1753

Doing Good and Religious Bigots -To Joseph Huey, Philadelphia, June 6, 1753

Kisses in that Wind -To Catharine Ray, Philadelphia, March 4, 1755

One of God's Nobility -To Joshua Babcock, Philadelphia, September 1, 1755

Addition, Subtraction, and Multiplication -To Catharine Ray, Philadelphia, October 16, 1755

The Quantity of Human Ignorance -To William Shipley, Philadelphia, November 27, 1755

We Are Spirits -To Elizabeth Hubbart, Philadelphia, February 22, 1756

Heat and Cold -To John Lining, New-York, April 14, 1757

Old Folks and Old Trees -To Jane Mecom, New York, April 19, 1757

They Expect Too Much of Me -To Jane Mecom, New York, May 30, 1757