Benjamin Franklin: Scientist and StatesmanA biography profiling the life of Benjamin Franklin and his leadership as a politician, scientist, inventor, and printer. Includes source notes and timeline. |
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Contents
BENJAMIN FRANKLINS RETURN | 9 |
LIFE ON His Own | 29 |
MAN OF SCIENCE | 55 |
A NEW NATION | 73 |
THE FINAL YEARS | 87 |
LIFE AT A GLANCE | 102 |
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Page 111 - Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unla-wfully held in Bondage.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Benjamin Franklin: Scientist and Statesman Signature Lives Signature Lives: Revolutionary War Era Series |
| Authors | Brenda Haugen, Andrew Santella |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Capstone, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0756508266, 9780756508265 |
| Length | 112 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Political Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods |
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