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Author:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, author.

Title:

The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : with related documents / edited with an introduction by Louis P. Masur.

Edition:

Third edition.

Publisher:

Bedford/St. Martin's,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiii, 206 pages : 2 portraits ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--To 1775--Sources.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783--Sources.

Other Authors:

Masur, Louis P., author of introduction. author of introduction.

Other Titles:

Autobiography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and index.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Introduction: the life of Benjamin Franklin. The road to success ; A political life ; The history of the Autobiography -- pt. 2. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin's first outline for the Autobiography -- pt. 3. Related documents. A plan of Conduct, 1726 ; The Speech of Miss Polly Baker, 1747 ; Poor Richard Improved, 1758 ; Letter to Oliver Neave, before 1769 ; Letter to Lord Howe, July 20, 1776 ; Speech in the Convention at the conclusion of its deliberations, September 17, 1787 ; An address to the public, November 9, 1789 ; Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim on the slave trade, March 23, 1790 ; George Edward Perine, Benjamin Franklin, 1860-1885, and Benjamin West, Franklin drawing electricity from the sky, 1805 -- Appendixes. A Franklin chronology (1706-1790) ; Questions for consideration ; Selected bibliography.

Series:

The Bedford series in history and culture

ISBN:

9781319048990
1319048994

OCLC:

(OCoLC)930997451

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)