Franklin in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates edited by Kevin J. Hayes and Isabelle Bour

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hayes, Kevin J.

Bour, Isabelle.

Series:

Writers in their own time (University of Iowa Press)

Writers in their own time

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Friends and associates.

Statesmen--United States--Biography.

Statesmen.

Scientists--United States--Biography.

Scientists.

Inventors--United States--Biography.

Inventors.

Printers--United States--Biography.

Printers.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 196 p. ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2011.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: [Speaking about Natural History, 1748] / Pehr Kalm

[Extracts from the Diary, 1755] / Daniel Fisher

House of Commons, The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin (1767)

[Science, Religion, and Politics in London, 1769, 1795, 1802] / Joseph Priestley

[Franklin in London, 1774-1775] / Josiah Quincy, Jr.

[Franklin as a Congressman and a Diplomat, 1775-1778] / John Adams

[Franklin in Boston and Paris, 1775 and 1784] / Abigail Adams

[Two Conversations with Benjamin Franklin, 1777-1778] / Philip Gibbes

[Extracts from the Journal, 1777] / Arthur Lee

[Franklin at Passy, 1778] / William Greene

[Franklin at Passy, 1783] / John Baynes

[This Venerable Nestor of America, 1785] / Andrew Ellicott

[The Wisdom and Experience of Mellow Old Age, 1785-1789, 1805, 1806] / Benjamin Rush

[My Dinner with Franklin, 1786] / Winthrop Sargent

[A Visit to Franklin Court, 1787] / Manasseh Cutler

[Franklin during the Constitutional Convention, 1787] / James Madison

"Closing Scenes of Dr. Franklin's Life: In a Letter from an Eye-Witness" (1790) / Mary Stevenson Hewson

"Short Account of Dr. Franklin's Last Illness by His Attending Physician" (1790) / John Jones

"On Franklin" (1800) / Louis Lefebvre de La Roche

[Anecdotes of Doctor Franklin, 1818 and 1821] / Thomas Jefferson

[Anecdotes Relative to Dr. Franklin, 1818] / William Temple Franklin

[A Conversation with Franklin's London Friends, 1821] / Robert Aspland

[Memories of Franklin, 1821] / Andre Morellet

[A Short Account of Benjamin Franklin, 1825] / Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis

[The Sawdust Pudding Supper: Two Versions, 1835 and 1875] / Roberts Vaux

[Memoir of Dr. George Logan of Stenton, 1839] / Deborah Norris Logan

"Personal Recollections of Benjamin Franklin" (1864) / Robert Carr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-186) and index.

ISBN:

9781587299827 (pbk : alk. paper)

1587299828 (pbk : alk. paper)

1587299836 (e-book)

9781587299834 (e-book)

9781587299698 (pbk : alk. paper)

1587299690 (pbk : alk. paper)

1587299704 (e-book)

9781587299704 (e-book)

OCLC:

676727579