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A new estimate of human life. Inscribed to the Reverend Dr. Young.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1750 Bur (bw) Af.305.6 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- iv,80p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for W. Owen, 1754.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Burgh, Hymn, q.v.; item 6 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards, bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; addition in Franklin's hand at end of first paragraph on p. 22: , or masses of cynder fallen from that Atmosphere upon [the] Surface.; and some words bracketed and some pages lined for reprinting; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (121); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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