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The Benevolent Man : A Life of Ralph Allen of Bath / Benjamin Boyce.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyce, Benjamin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geschichte Europas.
- Allen, Ralph, 1694-1764.
- Bath (England)--Biography.
- Bath (England)--History.
- Postal service--Great Britain--History.
- Local Subjects:
- Allen, Ralph, 1694-1764.
- Bath (England)--Biography.
- Bath (England)--History.
- Postal service--Great Britain--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.): 1 Frontispiz
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES
- I. ΤHE BEGINNINGS: RALPH ALLEN AND EARLY BATH
- II. INTRODUCTION TO THE POST OFFICE 1712-1720
- III. YOUNG BUSINESSMAN AND CITY FATHER 1721-1728
- IV. STONE, HOSPITALS, DEPUTY POSTMASTERS, AND MONEY 1729-1734
- V. THE LARGER LIFE: ALEXANDER POPE AND TIMON'S OPPOSITE 1734-1740
- VII. THE END OF THE FRIENDSHIP WITH POPE 1743-1745
- VIII. SQUIRE ALLEN BECOMES SQUIRE ALLWORTHY, 1745-1749
- IX. THE ORDINARY LIFE OF THE FAMOUS MR. ALLEN 1750-1753
- Χ. AT THREE SCORE YEARS 1754-1756
- XI. THE BENEVOLENT MAN SUPPORTS THE GREAT COMMONER 1757-1760
- XII. THE FINAL, TROUBLED YEARS 1761-1764
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-73382-7
- OCLC:
- 1013941908
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