Franklin in his own time : a biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / edited by Kevin J. Hayes and Isabelle Bour.
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- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Friends and associates
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- Scientists -- United States -- Biography
- Inventors -- United States -- Biography
- Printers -- United States -- Biography
- Hommes d'État -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Scientifiques -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Inventeurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Imprimeurs -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- Friendship
- Inventors
- Printers
- Scientists
- Statesmen
- United States
- Zeithintergrund
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction; Chronology; Pehr Kalm, [Speaking about Natural History, 1748]; Daniel Fisher, [Extracts from the Diary, 1755]; House of Commons, The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin (1767); Joseph Priestley, [Science, Religion, and Politics in London, 1769, 1795, 1802]; Josiah Quincy, Jr., [Franklin in London, 1774-1775]; John Adams, [Franklin as a Congressman and a Diplomat, 1775-1778]; Abigail Adams, [Franklin in Boston and Paris, 1775 and 1784]; Philip Gibbes, [Two Conversations with Benjamin Franklin, 1777-1778]; Arthur Lee, [Extracts from the Journal, 1777].
In his time Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was the most famous American in the world. Even those personally unacquainted with the man knew him as the author of Poor Richard's Almanack, as a pioneer in the study of electricity and a major figure in the American Enlightenment, as the creator of such life-changing innovations as the lightning rod and America's first circulating library, and as a leader of the American Revolution. His friends also knew him as a brilliant conversationalist, a great wit, an intellectual filled with curiosity, and most of all a master anecdotist whos.
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