Benjamin Franklin, Representive Selections, with Introduction, Bibliography, and Notes

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Title

Benjamin Franklin : Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes

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English

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PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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35508

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35508

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March 6, 2011

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's Notes:
2. 2.AMERICAN WRITERS SERIES — * AMERICAN WRITERS SERIES *
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.INTRODUCTION — I. FRANKLIN'S MILIEU: THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT — II. FRANKLIN'S THEORIES OF EDUCATION — III. FRANKLIN'S LITERARY THEORY AND PRACTICE [i-121] — IV. FRANKLIN AS PRINTER AND JOURNALIST — V. FRANKLIN'S ECONOMIC VIEWS — VI. FRANKLIN'S POLITICAL THEORIES — VII. FRANKLIN AS SCIENTIST AND DEIST — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
7. 7.SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY — I. WORKS — II. COLLECTIONS AND REPRINTS — III. BIOGRAPHIES — IV. BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES — V. THE AGE OF FRANKLIN — VI. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND CHECK LISTS
8. 8.BENJAMIN FRANKLIN — From the AUTOBIOGRAPHY [1] — DOGOOD PAPERS, NO. I — DOGOOD PAPERS, NO. IV — DOGOOD PAPERS, NO. V — DOGOOD PAPERS, NO. VII — DOGOOD PAPERS, NO. XII — EDITORIAL PREFACE TO THE NEW ENGLAND COURANT — A DISSERTATION ON LIBERTY AND NECESSITY, PLEASURE AND PAIN — RULES FOR A CLUB ESTABLISHED FOR MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT [20] — ARTICLES OF BELIEF AND ACTS OF RELIGION — In Two Parts [21] — Part I — THE BUSY-BODY, NO. 1 [22] — THE BUSY-BODY, NO. 2 — THE BUSY-BODY, NO. 3 — THE BUSY-BODY, NO. 4 — PREFACE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE — A DIALOGUE BETWEEN PHILOCLES AND HORATIO, MEETING ACCIDENTALLY IN THE FIELDS, CONCERNING VIRTUE AND PLEASURE — A SECOND DIALOGUE BETWEEN PHILOCLES AND HORATIO, CONCERNING VIRTUE AND PLEASURE — A WITCH TRIAL AT MOUNT HOLLY — AN APOLOGY FOR PRINTERS — PREFACE TO POOR RICHARD, 1733 — A MEDITATION ON A QUART MUGG [27] — PREFACE TO POOR RICHARD, 1734 — PREFACE TO POOR RICHARD, 1735 — HINTS FOR THOSE THAT WOULD BE RICH — TO JOSIAH FRANKLIN [28] — PREFACE TO POOR RICHARD, 1739 — A PROPOSAL — FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE AMONG THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA — SHAVERS AND TRIMMERS — TO THE PUBLICK — PREFACE TO LOGAN'S TRANSLATION OF "CATO MAJOR" [30] — TO JOHN FRANKLIN, AT BOSTON [31] — PREFACE TO POOR RICHARD, 1746 — THE SPEECH OF POLLY BAKER [32] — PREFACE TO POOR RICHARD, 1747 — TO PETER COLLINSON — PREFACE TO POOR RICHARD IMPROVED, 1748 — ADVICE TO A YOUNG TRADESMAN — TO GEORGE WHITEFIELD — PROPOSALS RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH IN PENSILVANIA — IDEA OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL — TO C[ADWALLADER] C[OLDEN] ESQ. AT NEW YORK — EXPORTING OF FELONS TO THE COLONIES — OBSERVATIONS — TO PETER COLLINSON [42] — TO JOSEPH HUEY — THREE LETTERS TO GOVERNOR SHIRLEY [45] — TO MISS CATHERINE RAY [46] [AT BLOCK ISLAND] — TO PETER COLLINSON — TO MISS CATHERINE RAY — TO MISS CATHERINE RAY — TO MRS. JANE MECOM — TO MISS E. HUBBARD [51] — TO REV. GEORGE WHITEFIELD — THE WAY TO WEALTH — TO HUGH ROBERTS — TO MRS. JANE MECOM — TO LORD KAMES [55] — TO MISS MARY STEVENSON [58] — TO MRS. DEBORAH FRANKLIN — TO JARED INGERSOLL [60] — TO MISS MARY STEVENSON — TO JOHN FOTHERGILL, M.D. [66] — TO SARAH FRANKLIN — From A NARRATIVE OF THE LATE MASSACRES — TO THE EDITOR OF A NEWSPAPER — TO LORD KAMES — LETTER CONCERNING THE GRATITUDE OF AMERICA [71] — TO LORD KAMES — TO MISS MARY STEVENSON — ON THE LABOURING POOR — TO DUPONT DE NEMOURS [74] — TO JOHN ALLEYNE [75] — TO THE PRINTER OF THE LONDON CHRONICLE [76] — POSITIONS TO BE EXAMINED, CONCERNING NATIONAL WEALTH — TO MISS MARY STEVENSON — TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY — TO MISS GEORGIANA SHIPLEY [78] — TO PETER FRANKLIN — ON THE PRICE OF CORN, AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POOR [80] — AN EDICT BY THE KING OF PRUSSIA [81] — RULES BY WHICH A GREAT EMPIRE MAY BE REDUCED TO A SMALL ONE — TO WILLIAM FRANKLIN — PREFACE TO "AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER" [82] — A PARABLE AGAINST PERSECUTION [83] — A PARABLE ON BROTHERLY LOVE [84] — TO WILLIAM STRAHAN [85] — TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY — TO A FRIEND IN ENGLAND [86] — TO LORD HOWE — THE SALE OF THE HESSIANS [88] — MODEL OF A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION [89] — TO ——————— — TO DAVID HARTLEY [91] — A DIALOGUE BETWEEN BRITAIN, FRANCE, SPAIN, HOLLAND, SAXONY AND AMERICA [92] — TO CHARLES DE WEISSENSTEIN [93] — THE EPHEMERA [95] — TO RICHARD BACHE — MORALS OF CHESS [98] — TO BENJAMIN VAUGHAN — THE WHISTLE [100] — THE LORD'S PRAYER — THE LEVÉE — PROPOSED NEW VERSION OF THE BIBLE [101] — TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY — TO GEORGE WASHINGTON — TO MISS GEORGIANA SHIPLEY — TO RICHARD PRICE — DIALOGUE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND THE GOUT — THE HANDSOME AND DEFORMED LEG [108] — TO MISS GEORGIANA SHIPLEY [109] — TO DAVID HARTLEY — SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOSTON INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE [111] — TO JOHN THORNTON — TO JOSEPH PRIESTLEY — TO JONATHAN SHIPLEY — TO JAMES HUTTON — TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS [114] — INFORMATION TO THOSE WHO WOULD REMOVE TO AMERICA [116] — APOLOGUE [117] — TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS — TO MRS. SARAH BACHE [119] — AN ECONOMICAL PROJECT — TO SAMUEL MATHER [121] — TO BENJAMIN VAUGHAN [122] — TO GEORGE WHATELY [123] — TO JOHN BARD AND MRS. BARD — TO JONATHAN SHIPLEY — TO ———————— [127] — SPEECH IN THE CONVENTION; ON THE SUBJECT OF SALARIES [129] — MOTION FOR PRAYERS IN THE CONVENTION — SPEECH IN THE CONVENTION — TO THE EDITORS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE — TO REV. JOHN LATHROP [131] — TO THE EDITOR OF THE FEDERAL GAZETTE — TO CHARLES CARROLL [132] — AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUPREMEST COURT OF JUDICATURE IN PENNSYLVANIA, VIZ. THE COURT OF THE PRESS — AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC — TO DAVID HARTLEY — TO EZRA STILES [136] — ON THE SLAVE-TRADE — REMARKS CONCERNING THE SAVAGES OF NORTH AMERICA [138] — AN ARABIAN TALE [139] — A PETITION OF THE LEFT HAND — SOME GOOD WHIG PRINCIPLES — THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT DREAMS
9. 9.NOTES — Transcriber's Notes:

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