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Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
by Benjamin Franklin
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Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.
Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life. Stylistically his best work, it has become a classic in world literature, one to inspire and delight readers everywhere.
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Benjamin Franklin: his autobiography: with a narrative of his public life and services.
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Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
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Table of Contents
Vol. 1. Life
v. 2. Private correspondence
v. 3. Political, philosophical & miscellaneous.
Edition Notes
LC copy has bookplate of Henry Stevens. Signed binding: Bound by F. Bedford for H. Stevens.
Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 561
NUC pre-1956 NF 0338961
Vol. 1: x, 449, lxxxviii p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; v. 2: xxxiii, 449 p., [1] leaf of plates : facsim.; v. 3: xvi, 570 p., [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map.
Vol. 2 has additional t.-p., with title and imprint: The private correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ... comprising a series of letters on miscellaneous, literary, and political subjects ; written between the years 1753 and 1790, illustrating the memoirs of his public and private life, and developing the secret history of his political transactions and negociations ... London : Printed for Henry Colburn, 1817.
Plate in v. 1 with portrait of Franklin engraved by Chas. Pye; plates in v. 3 engraved by Sidney Hall or John Swaine.
Includes index.
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