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Benjamin Franklin: Representative Selections

by Benjamin Franklin

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  1. 1American Writers Series — * American Writers Series *
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3I | Franklin's Milieu: The Age of Enlightenment
  4. 4II | Franklin's Theories of Education
  5. 5III | Franklin's Literary Theory and Practice [i-121]
  6. 6IV | Franklin as Printer and Journalist
  7. 7V | Franklin's Economic Views
  8. 8VI | Franklin's Political Theories
  9. 9VII | Franklin as Scientist and Deist
  10. 10Chronological Table
  11. 11Selected Bibliography — I. Works
  12. 12II | Collections and Reprints
  13. 13III | Biographies
  14. 14IV | Biographical and Critical Studies
  15. 15V | The Age of Franklin
  16. 16VI | Bibliographies and Check Lists
  17. 17Benjamin Franklin — From the Autobiography
  18. 18Dogood Papers, No. I
  19. 19Dogood Papers, No. IV
  20. 20Dogood Papers, No. V
  21. 21Dogood Papers, No. VII
  22. 22Dogood Papers, No. XII
  23. 23Editorial Preface to the New England Courant
  24. 24A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain
  25. 25Rules for a Club Established for Mutual Improvement
  26. 26Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion
  27. 27The Busy-Body, No. 1
  28. 28The Busy-Body, No. 2
  29. 29The Busy-Body, No. 3
  30. 30The Busy-Body, No. 4
  31. 31Preface to the Pennsylvania Gazette
  32. 32A Dialogue Between Philocles and Horatio, Meeting Accidentally in t…
  33. 33A Second Dialogue Between Philocles and Horatio, Concerning Virtue…
  34. 34A Witch Trial at Mount Holly
  35. 35An Apology for Printers
  36. 36Preface to Poor Richard, 1733
  37. 37A Meditation on a Quart Mugg
  38. 38Preface to Poor Richard, 1734
  39. 39Preface to Poor Richard, 1735
  40. 40Hints for Those That Would Be Rich
  41. 41To Josiah Franklin
  42. 42Preface to Poor Richard, 1739
  43. 43A Proposal — For Promoting Useful Knowledge Among the British Plant…
  44. 44Shavers and Trimmers
  45. 45To the Publick
  46. 46Preface to Logan's Translation of "Cato Major"
  47. 47To John Franklin, at Boston
  48. 48Preface to Poor Richard, 1746
  49. 49The Speech of Polly Baker
  50. 50Preface to Poor Richard, 1747
  51. 51To Peter Collinson
  52. 52Preface to Poor Richard Improved, 1748
  53. 53Advice to a Young Tradesman
  54. 54To George Whitefield
  55. 55Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania
  56. 56Idea of the English School
  57. 57To C[adwallader] C[olden] Esq. at New York
  58. 58Exporting of Felons to the Colonies
  59. 59Observations
  60. 60To Peter Collinson
  61. 61To Joseph Huey
  62. 62Three Letters to Governor Shirley
  63. 63To Miss Catherine Ray [At Block Island]
  64. 64To Peter Collinson
  65. 65To Miss Catherine Ray
  66. 66To Miss Catherine Ray
  67. 67To Mrs. Jane Mecom
  68. 68To Miss e. Hubbard
  69. 69To Rev. George Whitefield
  70. 70The Way to Wealth
  71. 71To Hugh Roberts
  72. 72To Mrs. Jane Mecom
  73. 73To Lord Kames
  74. 74To Miss Mary Stevenson
  75. 75To Mrs. Deborah Franklin
  76. 76To Jared Ingersoll
  77. 77To Miss Mary Stevenson
  78. 78To John Fothergill, M.d
  79. 79To Sarah Franklin
  80. 80From A Narrative of the Late Massacres
  81. 81To the Editor of a Newspaper
  82. 82To Lord Kames
  83. 83Letter — Concerning the Gratitude of America
  84. 84To Lord Kames
  85. 85To Miss Mary Stevenson
  86. 86On the Labouring Poor
  87. 87To Dupont de Nemours
  88. 88To John Alleyne
  89. 89To the Printer of the London Chronicle
  90. 90Positions to Be Examined, Concerning National Wealth
  91. 91To Miss Mary Stevenson
  92. 92To Joseph Priestley
  93. 93To Miss Georgiana Shipley
  94. 94To Peter Franklin
  95. 95On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor
  96. 96An Edict by the King of Prussia
  97. 97Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One
  98. 98To William Franklin
  99. 99Preface to "An Abridgment of the Book of Common Prayer"
  100. 100A Parable Against Persecution
  101. 101A Parable on Brotherly Love
  102. 102To William Strahan
  103. 103To Joseph Priestley
  104. 104To a Friend in England
  105. 105To Lord Howe
  106. 106The Sale of the Hessians
  107. 107Model of a Letter of Recommendation
  108. 108To
  109. 109To David Hartley
  110. 110A Dialogue Between Britain, France, Spain, Holland, Saxony and America
  111. 111To Charles de Weissenstein
  112. 112The Ephemera
  113. 113To Richard Bache
  114. 114Morals of Chess
  115. 115To Benjamin Vaughan
  116. 116The Whistle
  117. 117The Lord's Prayer
  118. 118The Levée
  119. 119Proposed New Version of the Bible
  120. 120To Joseph Priestley
  121. 121To George Washington
  122. 122To Miss Georgiana Shipley
  123. 123To Richard Price
  124. 124Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout
  125. 125The Handsome and Deformed Leg
  126. 126To Miss Georgiana Shipley
  127. 127To David Hartley
  128. 128Supplement to the Boston Independent Chronicle
  129. 129To John Thornton
  130. 130To Joseph Priestley
  131. 131To Jonathan Shipley
  132. 132To James Hutton
  133. 133To Sir Joseph Banks
  134. 134Information to Those Who Would Remove to America
  135. 135Apologue
  136. 136To Sir Joseph Banks
  137. 137To Mrs. Sarah Bache
  138. 138An Economical Project
  139. 139To Samuel Mather
  140. 140To Benjamin Vaughan
  141. 141To George Whately
  142. 142To John Bard and Mrs. Bard
  143. 143To Jonathan Shipley
  144. 144To
  145. 145Speech in the Convention; On the Subject of Salaries
  146. 146Motion for Prayers in the Convention
  147. 147Speech in the Convention
  148. 148To the Editors of the Pennsylvania Gazette
  149. 149To Rev. John Lathrop
  150. 150To the Editor of the Federal Gazette
  151. 151To Charles Carroll
  152. 152An Account of the Supremest Court of Judicature in Pennsylvania, Vi…
  153. 153An Address to the Public
  154. 154To David Hartley
  155. 155To Ezra Stiles
  156. 156On the Slave-Trade
  157. 157Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America
  158. 158An Arabian Tale
  159. 159A Petition of the Left Hand
  160. 160Some Good Whig Principles
  161. 161The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams

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