Benjamin Franklin: His Life as He Wrote itEsmond Wright Picking up where Franklin's own autobiography leaves off, this profile of an American statesman discusses his foreign service, his embassies to England and France, and his scientific experiments. |
Contents
Introduction I | 1 |
Chronology II | 11 |
2 | 29 |
The LeatherApron Man | 66 |
A Middling and a Rising People | 108 |
5 | 154 |
That Fine and Noble China Vase the British Empire | 169 |
Old Heavy and a Little Indolent | 262 |
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