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Mr. Franklin : a selection from his personal letters / edited by Leonard W. Labaree and Whitfield J. Bell, Jr.
LIBRA E302.6.F75 A195
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Correspondence. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Correspondence.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Monotype Fournier.
- Mohawk Superfine (Paper).
- Personal correspondence.
- Penn Provenance:
- American Philosophical Society (donor) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 61, [3] pages, [6] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimile ; 27 cm
- Manufacture:
- Chicago : Lakeside Press
- Crawfordsville, Indiana : R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company
- Other Title:
- Mister Franklin
- Fingerprint:
- tyty ict- k.ne TyTy (3) 1956 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 1956.
- London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press
- Contents:
- Introduction
- A brief chronology of Benjamin Franklin
- Brother and sister. To Jane Franklin, January 6, 1726/7
- The scientific spirit. To Peter Collinson, March 28, 1747 ; To Peter Collinson, August 14, 1747
- Family report. To Abiah Franklin, April 12, 1750
- A whirlwind for Mr. Franklin. To Peter Collinson, August 25, 1747
- A philosopher looks at death. To Elizabeth Hubbard, February 22, 1756
- A lesson in relativity. To Elizabeth Hubbard, January 13, 1757
- Type for the connoisseur. To John Baskerville, 1760
- An optimist and his enemies. To Jane Mecom, March 2, 1767
- Pater familias. To Deborah Franklin, June 22, 1767
- A pen has a sharp point. To Jeremiah Meyer, [April 1771?]
- The arts move westward. To Charles Wilson Peale, July 4, 1771
- Conversation in a coach. To Mrs. Jonathan Shipley, August 12, 1771
- Prudential algebra. To Joseph Priestly, September 19, 1772
- A new use for Madeira wine. To Jacques Barbeu Dubourg, [April 1773]
- A revolt begins. To Jonathan Shipley, July 7, 1775
- How to pay for a war. To Richard Bache, October 19, 1775
- A scientist turns politician. To Jan Ingenhousz, February 12, 1777
- How to recommend a stranger. To ________, April 2, 1777
- Twelve commandments. To Madame d'Hardancourt Brillon, March 10, 1778
- Father is not pleased. To Sarah Bache, June 3, 1770
- Money talks. To Edward Bridgen, October 2, 1779
- The delightful ladies of France. To Elizabeth Partridge, October 11, 1779
- Two Americans. To George Washington, March 5, 1780
- Miss Virginia. To the Marquis de Lafayette, September 17, 1782
- What good is a new-born baby? To Sir Joseph Banks, December 1, 1783 ; To Jan Ingenhousz, January 16, 1784
- Independence has its responsibilities. To John Witherspoon, April 5, 1784
- Farewell. To David Hartley, July 5, 1795.
- Notes:
- "Published ... to commemorate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin ... Selected from The papers of Benjamin Franklin, a work in progress under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society and Yale University"--P. [v].
- "A limited edition of two hundred and fifty numbered copies of this book has been specially bound for presentation and not for sale."--Prelimary leaf.
- Another "special edition of 1500 copies is printed for the members of The Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the club" --Preliminary leaf.
- "This volume was printed and bound at The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, Chicago, Illinois, and Crawfordsville, Indiana...The paper is Mohawk Superfine Text ... the type is Monotype Fournier ... The designers of this volume were Walter Howe for The Lakeside Press and Alvin Eisenman for the Yale Press."--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is number 192.
- Culture Class Collection copy has card tipped in, which reads "With the compliments of The American Philosophical Society, Yale University and the editors of The Papers of Benjamin Franklin."
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: Miss Mary Considine; one of 1500 copies printed for the Poor Richard Club of Philadelphia.
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.
- Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is the edition printed for the Poor Richard Club.
- OCLC:
- 424724
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