Description of the process to be observed in making large sheets of paper in the Chinese manner , with one smooth surface. From: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ... / written by himself to a late period; and continued to the time of his death by the grandson, William Temple Franklin; comprising the private correspondence and public negociations [sic] of Dr. Franklin and his select political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works, published from the original mss. Second edition. London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818-1819.

Benjamin Franklin describes how large sheets of paper are made in Europe. He also describes papermaking in China by way of contrast. This description was "communicated by Dr. Franklin to the American Philosophical Society, in which it was read, June 20, 1788."