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100 1 $aHall, Max.
245 10 $aBenjamin Franklin & Polly Baker;$bthe history of a literary deception.
260 $aChapel Hill,$bPublished for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press$c[1960]
300 $axi, 193 pages$bportrait, facsimiles$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aThe appendix includes the text of the earliest known printing of "The speech of Miss Polly Baker" as issued in the General advertiser in London on Apr. 15, 1747, with the verbal variations found in 9 other selected texts.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 168-184).
530 $aAlso issued online.
505 0 $aMeet Miss baker -- Polly captures the British press -- Polly bears fifteen more children, or does she? -- Polly and the Chief Justice of Massachusetts -- Polly and the English Deist -- Polly and the French Firebrands -- The author revealed -- Polly{u2019}s origins -- A literary detective story -- Voltaire and other debunkers -- Polly the indestructible -- Comparison of texts.
520 $aOn April 17, 1747, the General Advertiser published a spirited defense of Polly Baker, a hapless lass who was being prosecuted for giving birth to her fifth illegitimate child. Among her claims to innocence, Miss Baker announced that she had only been following God{u2019}s command to increase and multiply. Her arguments provided Deists with one more argument that the laws of nature were superior to the laws of men, and she gave radicals a powerful indictment of the existing order. The problem? Miss Baker did not actually exist. In this book, the author traces the origins and effects of Polly Baker{u2019}s story, ultimately revealing that Miss Baker was invented by Benjamin Franklin.
600 10 $aFranklin, Benjamin,$d1706-1790.
600 17 $aFranklin, Benjamin,$d1706-1790.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00034115
650 0 $aBaker, Polly (Literary hoax)
650 7 $aBaker, Polly (Literary hoax)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01746570
700 1 $aFranklin, Benjamin,$d1706-1790,$esupposed author.$tSpeech of Miss Polly Baker.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHall, Max.$tBenjamin Franklin & Polly Baker.$dChapel Hill, Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press [1960]$w(OCoLC)558002989
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