The works of Benjamin Franklin, containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters, official and private, not hitherto published; with notes and a life of the author by Jared Sparks

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Contributor:

Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866, ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--1775-1783.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--To 1775.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.

Physical Description:

10 v. fronts. (v. 1-4, 6-8, ports., v. 9, facsim.) illus., plates (part fold.) map. 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, T. MacCoun; [etc., etc.] 1882.

Contents:

I. Life of Franklin: pt. 1. Autobiography. pt. 2. Continuation, by Jared Sparks. Appendix.

II. Essays on religious and moral subjects and the economy of life. Bagatelles. Essays on general politics, commerce, and political economy. Supplement.

III. Essays and tracts, historical and political, before the American revolution. An historical review of the constitution and government of Pennsylvania.

IV. Essays and tracts, historical and political, before the American revolution (continued)

V. Political papers during and after the American revolution. Letters and papers on electricity. Appendix to the papers on electricity.

VI. Letters and papers on philosophical subjects.

VII-X. Correspondence.

Notes:

"List of the author's writings, chronologically arranged": v. 10, p. [449]-463.

OCLC:

3051321