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Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 (Author). Lemay, J. A. Leo (Joseph A. Leo), 1935-2008 (Added Author). Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Poor Richard. Selections. (Added Author). Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Autobiography. (Added Author).

Summary: This Benjamin Franklin anthology includes Poor Richard's Almanack, The Autobiography, speeches in the Constitutional Convention, writings on slavery, essays, news reporting, political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0940450291
  • ISBN: 9780940450295
  • Physical Description: 1605 pages ; 21 cm.
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  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the United States : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking, ©1987.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Other title information: Boston and London, 1722-1726, Philadelphia, 1726-1757, London, 1757-1775, Paris, 1776-1785, Philadelphia, 1785-1790, Poor Richard's almanack, 1733-1758, The autobiography.
"J.A. Leo Lemay wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume"--5th prelim. page.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 1496-1512) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Boston and London, 1722-1726. Silence Dogood, writings from The New England Courant, a dissertation on liberty and necessity -- Philadelphia, 1726-1757. Including the Busy-body, essays and news reporting from The Pennsylvania Gazette, pamphlets, and letters -- London, 1757-1775. Including letters to the press, political satires, pamphlets, and letters -- Paris, 1776-1785. Including political satires, bagatelles, pamphlets, and letters -- Philadelphia, 1785-1790. Including bagatelles, speeches in the Constitutional convention, writings on slavery, letters -- Poor Richard's almanack, 1733-1758 -- The autobiography.
Creation/Production Credits Note: "J.A. Leo Lemay wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume"--Preliminary p.v.
Subject: Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Correspondence
Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790
United States Politics and government To 1775
United States Politics and government 1775-1783
EE. UU Política y gobierno 1775 1783
États-Unis Politique et gouvernement Jusqu'à 1775
Statesmen United States Biography
Scientists United States Biography
Inventors United States Biography
Printers United States Biography
États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1775-1783
États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1775-1783 (Révolution)
United States Politics and government 1600-1775, Colonial period
United States Politics and government 1775-1783, Revolution
Inventors
Politics and government
Printers
Scientists
Statesmen
United States
History
Literature
Politics
United States -- Politics and government -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783/ /E
Genre: Autobiographies.
Almanacs.
Speeches.
Essays.
Personal correspondence.
Almanacs.
Autobiographies.
Biography.
Essays.
Personal correspondence.
Records and correspondence.
Speeches.

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