Format:
Online-Ressource (768 p)
ISBN:
9780812241211
Content:
Volume 3 of the acclaimed biography narrates Franklin's growth from printer to public-spirited politician, soldier, and patriot.
Content:
Cover -- The Life of Benjamin Franklin volume 3 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- ONE The Association, 1747-1748 -- TWO Electricity -- THREE Astronomy, Weather, and the Northwest Passage: Natural Philosopher, 1748-1757 -- FOUR Clerk, Councilman, and Magistrate, 1748-1751 -- FIVE The Academy and College of Philadelphia -- SIX Colonial Union, Dumping Felons in America, and Assemblyman, 1751 -- SEVEN The Fundamental Document of the American Revolution, 1751 -- EIGHT The Pennsylvania Hospital -- NINE Franklin's First Full Assembly, the Money Bill, and Susanna Wright, 1751-1752 -- TEN Insurance: The Philadelphia Contributionship -- ELEVEN Paper Currency, the Coming of War, and a Trip to New England, 1752-1753 -- TWELVE The Carlisle Treaty, Postmaster General, a Trip to New England, and Assembly Sessions, 1753-1754 -- THIRTEEN The Pennsylvania Germans -- FOURTEEN Assembly Sessions, the Snake Cartoon, and the Albany Conference, 1754 -- FIFTEEN Boston, America and the Empire, and Katy Ray, 1754-1755 -- SIXTEEN Libels on the Assembly, Quincy's Mission, and General Braddock, 1755 -- SEVENTEEN Assembly Crises, Crown Point, Parables, and Glimpses of Deborah, 1755 -- EIGHTEEN The French and Indians Attack and Pennsylvania Responds, 1755 -- NINETEEN General Franklin on the Frontier, 1755-1756 -- TWENTY Rival Militias, Colonel Franklin, Virginia, New York, and Frontier Fighting, 1756 -- TWENTY-ONE The Easton Treaty and Assembly Sessions, 1756-1757 -- TWENTY-TWO Franklin in New York and at Sea, 1757 -- TWENTY-THREE Assessing Franklin, Age 42 through 51 -- Appendices -- 1. New Attributions -- 2. Franklin's Residences and Real Estate to 1757 -- 3. Electrical Terminology.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""The Life of Benjamin Franklin volume 3""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""ONE The Association, 1747-1748""; ""TWO Electricity""; ""THREE Astronomy, Weather, and the Northwest Passage: Natural Philosopher, 1748-1757""; ""FOUR Clerk, Councilman, and Magistrate, 1748-1751""; ""FIVE The Academy and College of Philadelphia""; ""SIX Colonial Union, Dumping Felons in America, and Assemblyman, 1751""; ""SEVEN The Fundamental Document of the American Revolution, 1751""; ""EIGHT The Pennsylvania Hospital""
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""NINE Franklin's First Full Assembly, the Money Bill, and Susanna Wright, 1751-1752""""TEN Insurance: The Philadelphia Contributionship""; ""ELEVEN Paper Currency, the Coming of War, and a Trip to New England, 1752-1753""; ""TWELVE The Carlisle Treaty, Postmaster General, a Trip to New England, and Assembly Sessions, 1753-1754""; ""THIRTEEN The Pennsylvania Germans""; ""FOURTEEN Assembly Sessions, the Snake Cartoon, and the Albany Conference, 1754""; ""FIFTEEN Boston, America and the Empire, and Katy Ray, 1754-1755""
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""SIXTEEN Libels on the Assembly, Quincy's Mission, and General Braddock, 1755""""SEVENTEEN Assembly Crises, Crown Point, Parables, and Glimpses of Deborah, 1755""; ""EIGHTEEN The French and Indians Attack and Pennsylvania Responds, 1755""; ""NINETEEN General Franklin on the Frontier, 1755-1756 ""; ""TWENTY Rival Militias, Colonel Franklin, Virginia, New York, and Frontier Fighting, 1756""; ""TWENTY-ONE The Easton Treaty and Assembly Sessions, 1756-1757""; ""TWENTY-TWO Franklin in New York and at Sea, 1757""; ""TWENTY-THREE Assessing Franklin, Age 42 through 51""; ""Appendices""
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""1. New Attributions""""2. Franklin's Residences and Real Estate to 1757""; ""3. Electrical Terminology""; ""4. The Influence of Benjamin Franklin's ''Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind'' (1751) on Ezra Stiles, Richard Price, and Adam Smith; on Thomas Malthus; and on Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin""; ""5. Franklin's Plan of Union and the Albany Plan""; ""6. Franklin's Saying: ''Essential Liberty . . . Temporary Safety''""; ""7. Post Office Expansion, 1753-1757""; ""8. Franklin's Wealth, 1756""; ""9. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin""
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""List of Abbreviations""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgments ""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812291414
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812241211
Additional Edition:
Print version Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3 : Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748-1757
Language:
English
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