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The life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

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An edition of Autobiography (1791)

The life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Second American edition.
  • 3.64 ·
  • 22 Ratings
  • 233 Want to read
  • 11 Currently reading
  • 23 Have read

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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The life of Benjamin Franklin
1916, J.B. Lippincott
- 5th ed., rev. and enriched.
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The life of Benjamin Franklin
1916, J.B. Lippincott
- 5th ed., rev. and enriched.
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1794, Printed for Benjamin Johnson, No. 147, High-Sreet
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Philadelphia

Edition Notes

Includes Franklin's narrative extending to the year 1730 and Dr. Henry Stueber's continuation.
Portrait of Franklin engraved by Thackara and Vallance on leaf of plates.
Signatures: A-Q⁶ R⁴.
Publisher's advertisements on p. [2]-[3] at end.
LC copy imperfect: leaf of plate wanting. Top portion on t.p. torn away and mended with no loss of text.
LC copy has inscription on p. iv: "John Crawford's book"; has inscription on p. [1] at end: "John Crawford of Washington City, D.C. April the 24th, 1816".
Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 387
Evans 27004
ESTC W17006

Genre
Biography.
Other Titles
Life of Benjamin Franklin

Classifications

Library of Congress
E302.6.F7 A2 1794p

The Physical Object

Pagination
iv, [5]-197, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates :
Number of pages
197

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Open Library
OL6565758M
LCCN
14005947

Excerpts

MY WRITING.
added anonymously.
TWYFORD, at the Bishop of St. Asaph's, 1771.
added anonymously.

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