2 edition of Benjamin Franklin and his circle found in the catalog.
Benjamin Franklin and his circle
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Published
1936
by Plantin Press in [New York
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Other titles | Franklin and his circle |
| Genre | Pictorial works., Exhibitions., Catalogs. |
| Contributions | Halsey, R. T. Haines 1865-1942., Downs, Joseph., Davidson, Marshall B., Peters, Agnes D. 1907-, Plantin Press,, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | N7621 .N53 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | ix, 154, [1] p. : |
| Number of Pages | 154 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6337664M |
| LC Control Number | 36012390 |
The Loyal Son is the first dual biography in over two decades, since Sheila L. Skemp’s Benjamin and William Franklin: Father and Son, Patriot and n’s book is an elegant if. Benjamin Franklin was the youngest son and 15th of 17 children of Josiah Franklin, a soap and candle maker who had immigrated to Boston from Northamptonshire, England. Because he disliked his father's trade but loved reading, he was apprenticed at the age of 12 to his brother James, a printer.
Franklin took his title from Poor Robin, a famous English almanac, and from Richard Saunders, a well-known almanac publisher. For the maxims of Poor Richard, see pages [75] June 23 and July 7, —Smyth. [76] See "A List of Books written by, or relating to Benjamin Franklin," by Paul Leicester Ford. p. —Smyth. National Bestseller He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a mythic caricature in the public imagination. Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this masterly biography. Wit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin was/5().
Benjamin Franklin: his autobiography: with a narrative of his public life and services by Franklin, Benjamin, ; Weld, H. Hastings (Horatio Hastings), ; Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), ; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) DLC. Franklin wrote that after he dies, his body will be like "Like the Cover of an Old Book / Its Contents torn Out," and that those "Contents" will "Appear once More / In a New and More Elegant Edition". In other words, at age 22 Franklin was already obsessed with measuring his life in books.
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Benjamin Franklin And His Circle. Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) ISBN: UOM Genre: Art objects. Benjamin Franklin and his circle: a catalogue of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from May 11 through Septem on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
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May-Sept. Texts by H.E. Winlock, R.T.H. Halsey, A.D. Peters, J. Downs, M. Davidson. Paperback – January 1, by New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Author) See all 2 formats and editions Hide other formats and editions.
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Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc. is a short essay written in by Benjamin Franklin. It was circulated by Franklin in manuscript to his circle of friends, but in it was published as an addendum in a Boston pamphlet on another subject.
It was reissued ten times during the next 15 years. Everyone knows about the Revolutionary War, but few know the true story of Benjamin Franklin's secret plan to turn the northern and southern colonies against their oppressors, and how the freeing of one slave, Somersett, was the catalyst for the colonies to come together against theBenjamin Franklin cared most about the security and prosperity of his beloved adopted home Reviews: Benjamin Franklin and His Circle: A Catalogue of an Exhibition [May 11 to Sept.
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Founding father, master inventor: Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneer of self-improvement. Founding father, master inventor: Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneer of self-improvement.
Now, almost years later, the Ben Franklin Circles are revisiting and redefining these virtues – as tools to enrich our own lives and our communities. Franklin, Benjamin,Franklin, Benjamin,Statesmen, Statesmen Publisher Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company Collection americana Digitizing sponsor Google Book from the collections of University of Michigan Language English.
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Ellis, London Review of 4/5(10). Franklin starts writing his autobiography inaddressing it to his “Dear Son” and beginning with his family history. He traces it back three hundred years to Ecton in Northamptonshire, England, and then brings it to his father Josiah’s arrival in New England to escape religious persecution.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from to ; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his gh it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written.
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Page. Portrait of Franklin. vii. Pages 1 and 4 of The Pennsylvania Gazette, Number XL, the first number after Franklin took control. xxi. First page of The New England Courant of December33 "I was employed to carry the papers thro' the streets to the customers" 36 "She, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance".
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