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The life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin written by himself : To which is added, his Essays, humorous, moral and literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Gf .314
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Standardized Title:
- Selections. English. 1815
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Genre:
- Essays -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- 19th century.
- Memoirs -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- 19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 279, [9] p. ; 17 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh [Pa.] : Printed and sold by Cramer, Spear and Eichbaum, and sold at their Franklin Head Bookstore, Market Street, 1813.
- Notes:
- Collection of popular pieces of Franklin, together with a re-translation of the autobiography from the French translation of Gibelin, and Steuber's continuation (p. 87-[142]), edited chiefly by Benjamin Vaughan.
- Originally prepared for publication in 1791 by Richard Price, but delayed until 1793. With a letter from Price on p. [3]-4.
- Cited in:
- Shaw & Shoemaker 28554
- Ford, P.L. Franklin 474
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