Franklin in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates

Franklin in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / edited by Kevin J. Hayes and Isabelle Bour.

In his time Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was the most famous American in the world. Even those personally unacquainted with the man knew him as the author of Poor Richard's Almanack, as a pioneer in the study of electricity and a major figure in the American Enlightenment, as the creator of su...

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Other Authors: Hayes, Kevin J., Bour, Isabelle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Series:Writers in their own time (University of Iowa Press)
Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790 > Friends and associates.
Franklin, Benjamin, > 1706-1790
Franklin, Benjamin > 1706-1790
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Scientists > United States > Biography.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Printers > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Friendship
Inventors
Printers
Scientists
Statesmen
Zeithintergrund
United States
Biographies
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Chronology; Pehr Kalm, [Speaking about Natural History, 1748]; Daniel Fisher, [Extracts from the Diary, 1755]; House of Commons, The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin (1767); Joseph Priestley, [Science, Religion, and Politics in London, 1769, 1795, 1802]; Josiah Quincy, Jr., [Franklin in London, 1774-1775]; John Adams, [Franklin as a Congressman and a Diplomat, 1775-1778]; Abigail Adams, [Franklin in Boston and Paris, 1775 and 1784]; Philip Gibbes, [Two Conversations with Benjamin Franklin, 1777-1778]; Arthur Lee, [Extracts from the Journal, 1777].

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