The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1
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It is easy to be persuaded that Mr. John Bigelow's edition of 'The Works of Benjamin Franklin' is likely to be the most complete, the most scholarly and acccurate, the 'Federal' edition. Mr. Bigelow was confessedly the foremost authority on Franklin. Beside the material now in print, carefully collated for the present purpose, so far as possible, with the original manuscripts, he has had free use of the supplementary Franklin MSS. purchased by the State Department in 1881, and not published before his work, and the autobiography has been printed for the first time in any collected edition of Franklin's Works, from the original manuscript, which was in Mr. BigeIow's possession. Mr. Bigelow promises upwards of 350 letters and documents which have never appeared in any previous collection, beside a thorough revision of the text throughout, and a new, chronological, arrangement of matter. The notes and other editorial additions are limited strictly to the illustration of the text. This is volume one out of twelve, covering the autobiography and the years 1725 through 1734.
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Бенджамин Франклин. The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1
CONTENTS:
PREFACE
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
I: SKELETON SKETCH OF THE TOPICS FOR THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
1706-1730. II
1731 - 1757
LETTER FROM MR. ABEL JAMES, WITH NOTES OF MY LIFE (RECEIVED IN PARIS)
LETTER FROM MR. BENJAMIN VAUGHAN
CONTINUATION OF THE ACCOUNT OF MY LIFE, BEGUN AT PASSY, NEAR PARIS, 1784
CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS. III. TO SIR HANS SLOANE Ref. 074
IV. TO MISS JANE FRANKLIN Ref. 075
V: ARTICLES OF BELIEF AND ACTS OF RELIGION
FIRST PRINCIPLES
MILTON’S HYMN TO THE CREATOR
PETITION
DUTY
VI: MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS
VII: RULES FOR A CLUB ESTABLISHED FOR MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT Ref. 078
PROPOSALS AND QUERIES FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE JUNTO Ref. 079. Proposals
Queries
VIII. THE BUSY-BODY—NO. I Ref. 080
THE BUSY-BODY—NO. II
THE BUSY-BODY—NO. III
THE BUSY-BODY—NO. IV
“TO THE BUSY-BODY
ADVERTISEMENT
THE BUSY-BODY—NO. V
THE BUSY-BODY—NO. VIII
IX: A MODEST INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND NECESSITY OF A PAPER CURRENCY Ref. 082
X: DIALOGUE CONCERNING VIRTUE AND PLEASURE Ref. 088
A SECOND DIALOGUE BETWEEN PHILOCLES AND HORATIO CONCERNING VIRTUE AND PLEASURE Ref. 089
XI: PUBLIC MEN Ref. 090
XII. TO MRS. JANE MECOM Ref. 091
XIII. LETTER FROM CELIA SINGLE Ref. 092
XIV. LETTER FROM ANTHONY AFTERWIT Ref. 093
XV: SELF-DENIAL NOT THE ESSENCE OF VIRTUE Ref. 094
Endnotes
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The Works of Benjamin Franklin
Volume 1
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5th. As William Temple Franklin embarked for Europe within a few weeks after the death of his grandfather, whose papers he inherited, and never returned to the United States, the presumption was that this manuscript was in Europe and that it was not in the United States.
M. Laboulaye seemed struck by the force of these considerations; said he had a friend at Amiens who would be sure to know if any literary treasure of that nature was concealed in the neighborhood; and if in France, whether at Amiens or not, he felt confident of being able to ascertain through some of his friends in the Academy, and he very kindly volunteered to look into the matter at once.
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