The papers of Benjamin Franklin. / Leonard W. Labaree, editor. Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., associate editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Contributor:

Labaree, Leonard Woods, 1897-1980, editor.

Willcox, William B., 1907-1985, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations (part folded, part color), facsimiles, genealogical tables, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1959-

Summary:

Franklin's arrival in France caused a sensation. By the time he reached Paris the city was buzzing with rumors: he had come with a small fortune in gold, to put his grandsons in school and then buy himself a Swiss chateau for his retirement; he had come to negotiate a treaty with France or, failing that, with Britain; he had come to sue for peace, just as he had earlier tried to reach a settlement with the Howes. These reports went the rounds of the diplomatic corps. The Parisians were so busy with conjecture, the Russian Minister informed St. Petersburg, that the police posted orders in all the taverns and coffee houses not to discuss American affairs.

Contents:

v.40. May 16 through September 16, 1783

v.41. September 16, 1783 through February 29, 1784

v.43. August 16, 1784, through March 15, 1785.

Notes:

Vols. 15-25 edited by W.B. Willcox.

"Sponsored by the American Philosophical Society and Yale University."

Includes bibliographical references.

Vols. 15-26 edited by W.B. Willcox; v. 27, Claude A. Lopez, editor; v. 28-35, Barbara B. Oberg, editor; v. 36-41, Ellen R. Cohn, editor.

ISBN:

0300016859

9780300236064

OCLC:

310601