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The Many-Sided Franklin

by Paul Leicester Ford. 518 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Paul Leicester Ford

Publisher:

   The Century Co

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1899
Subjects:   Franklin, Benjamin,--1706-1790
Table of contents
CONTENTS
I. FAMILY RELATIONS 1
II. PHYSIQUE: THEORIES AND APPETITES 41
III. EDUCATION 86
IV. RELIGION 131
V. PRINTER AND PUBLISHER 177
VI. WRITER AND JOURNALIST 220
VII. RELATIONS WITH THE FAIR SEX 263
VIII. JACK OF ALL TRADES 308
IX. THE SCIENTIST 351
X. THE HUMORIST 388
XI. POLITICIAN AND DIPLOMATIST 418
XII. SOCIAL LIFE 467
INDEX 511
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books on: (Franklin Benjamin 1706 1790)  - 1416 results

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Benjamin Franklin and Catharine Ray Greene: Their Correspondence, 1755-1790
Book by William Greene Roelker; American Philosophical Society, 1949
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin--1706-1790--Correspondence, Greene, Catharine Ray--1731-1794--Correspondence
...Society. Artist unknown. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN and CATHARINE RAY GREENE...Correspondence 1755 - 1790 EDITED AND ANNOTATED...V. Twilight. 1785-1790 126...Fig. 1. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin given by Franklin to...
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The Letters of Benjamin Franklin & Jane Mecom
Book by Carl Van Doren, Benjamin Franklin, Jane Mecom; Princeton University Press, 1950
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin--1706-1790--Correspondence, Mecom, Jane Franklin--1712-1794--Correspondence
...those to her. In 1859 William Duane, a great-grandson of Franklin, published Letters to Benjamin Franklin, from his Family and Friends 1751-1790 in a small edition of 10 copies quarto and 250 octavo. The 37 letters included from Jane...
3.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Book by Benjamin Franklin; Macmillan, 1914
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin--1706-1790
...rights reserved INTRODUCTION BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TEN years before the breaking...eventful years from 1765 to his death in 1790, Franklin was, from the European...born in Boston. It was in the year 1706, Queen Anne was served by a group...
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The Ingenious Dr. Franklin: Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin
Book by Nathan G. Goodman, Benjamin Franklin; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin--1706-1790--Correspondence, Science--Early Works To 1800, Scientists--United States--Correspondence
...SELECTED SCIENTIFIC LETTERS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Edited by NATHAN G. GOODMAN...America PREFACE THE new Benjamin Franklin Memorial and the Franklin...ILLUSTRATIONS Benjamin Franklin frontispiece...
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The Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Benjamin Franklin: Celebration by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the City of Boston, in Symphony Hall, Boston, January 17, 1906
Book by Samuel A. Green, Henry S. Pritchett, Franklin Bi-Centennial Joint Committee; 1906
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin--1706-1790
...ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CELEBRATION BY THE COMMONWEALTH...anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin was taken in the Massachusetts...ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AT SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON...
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journal articles on: (Franklin Benjamin 1706 1790)  - 14 results

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1.
Three Earliest Published Lives of Benjamin Franklin, 1790-93: the Autobiography and Its Continuations
Journal article by Betty Kushen; Early American Literature, Vol. 9, 1999
Subjects: American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775, American Literature--Revolutionary Period, 1775-1783
...Writings of Benjamin Franklin , ed...New York, 1706 ), IX...Goodman, Benjamin Franklins Own Story...Death in 1790 with a Biographical...grandson, Benjamin Franklin Bache) or...the end Of 1790. Still a...
2.
Exhibition as Dance: An Exercise in Creative Partnering
Journal article by Barbara Fahs Charles; American Studies International, Vol. 42, 2004
Subjects: Dance--Analysis, Dance--History, Dancing--Analysis, Dancing--History
...to Washington insider. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) With some projects, the...important secondary themes. Benjamin Franklins personality, achievements...interpretation and presentation. The Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary is the umbrella...
3.
History through Many Eyes: Ten Strategies for Building Understanding of Time Concepts with Historical Picture Books
Journal article by Thomas N. Turner, Amy D. Broemmel, Deborah A. Wooten; Childhood Education, Vol. 81, 2004
Subjects: Children--Education, Picture books--Evaluation, Picture-books for children--Evaluation, Picture-books--Evaluation
...1856-1953) Pinkney, Andrea Davis. (1994). Dear Benjamin Banneker. Voyager Books. (1731-1806) St...Books. Schanzer, Rosalyn. (2003). How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning. HarperCollins. (1706-1790) Sis, Peter. (1991). Follow the Dream. Alfred...
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Puritan Day: A Social Science Simulation
Journal article by Joan Brodsky Schur; Social Education, Vol. 71, 2007
Subjects: Hutchinson, Anne--Study and teaching, Simulated environment (Teaching method)--Usage, Social control--Study and teaching, Social science education--Study and teaching
...owlnet.rice.edu/~univ302/StudentWork/S97/ blondie/main.html (accessed February 26, 2007). (7.) Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (New York: Simon Schuster, 2004), 78-88. To access this work on the web, see the Electronic...
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Lessons for an Endangered Movement: What a Historical Juxtaposition of the Legal Response to Civil Rights and Environmentalism Has to Teach Environmentalists Today
Journal article by Lincoln L. Davies; Environmental Law, Vol. 31, 2001
Subjects: Civil rights movements--History, Environmental movement--Political aspects
...the black vote again became a powerful influence.(250) After Franklin Roosevelt was elected, he and his Secretary of the Interior...national forests to 190 million acres.(402) Later, when President Franklin Roosevelt implemented his New Deal program, he also carried...
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magazine articles on: (Franklin Benjamin 1706 1790)  - 1 result

 
 
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The First American Political Cartoon
Magazine article by Mark Bryant; History Today, Vol. 57, December 2007
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin--Works, Political cartoons--History, Politicians--Works, Politics--Portrayals
...Massachusetts, on January 17th, 1706. He was the son of Josiah Franklin, an Englishman from Northamptonshire...However, at the age of seventeen Benjamin ran away to Philadelphia where...Franklin, who died on April 17th, 1790, wrote his own epitaph: The...


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newspaper articles on: (Franklin Benjamin 1706 1790)  - 17 results

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Benjamin Franklin; Detailing the Early Years of Benjamin Franklin
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 18, 2005
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, Franklin, James, Special events
...seven-volume biography, "The Life of Benjamin Franklin," have been released by the University...was just before Franklins birth in 1706. A village of around 8,000 encircling...his early teens until his death in 1790 at the age of 84. First be warned...
2.
Hotel Kid, Con Man, Founding Father
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 15, 2002
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin
...getting ahead than Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)? Indefatigable...things done. In Benjamin Franklin (Yale University...Franklins story not in 1706 when Franklin was...have always found Benjamin Franklin boring. He was my...
3.
Happy Birthday, Ben
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 15, 2006
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin
...Born in Boston on Jan. 17, 1706, the 15th of 17 children, Franklin was not only the publisher of...time was Franklins idea, too. "Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest...Oregon when Franklin died in 1790 - there wasnt even an Oregon...
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Happy Birthday, Ben; National Archives Celebrates 300-Year-Old American Original
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 21, 2006
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin
...Independence. Franklin was born Jan. 17, 1706, and his birthday is celebrated in...died in Philadelphia on April 17, 1790, at the age of 84. All decked out for the occasion, Dean Bennett portrayed Benjamin Franklin to celebrate the Founding Fathers...
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Barely Time to Buckle Up; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 6, 2005
...set down by American statesman Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) in Poor Richards Almanac, June...the loss of a horseshoe nail. Franklin was one of the 18th centurys most...leave anything to chance, and for Franklin to be so successful in so many...
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