Excerpt from Collections of the New-York Historical Society: For the Year 1888 Sir, - In the extracts from the letters of the honor able Mr. Izard, I find charges which respect me, Supported by his opinions, and by what he declares to have heard from the honorable Arthur Lee, who, by his own account, is my irreconcilable enemy. I find also charges against the honorable Dr. Franklin and myself jointly, supported on the same grounds, with this difference, that almost every complaint against us lies equally against Mr. Lee; and it is worthy of remark, that where the charge lies equally against us all, Mr. Izard leaves Mr. Lee wholly out, and fixing it solely on Dr. Franklin and myself, proceeds to repre sent the Doctor as entirely under my influence. My situation has through the Whole been peculiarly un fortunate, and in nothing more so than in this, that Mr. Izard's letters, written as much with the design of impeaching Dr. Franklin's conduct as mine, now oper ates solely against me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.