Benjamin Franklin, printer, statesman, philosopher and practical citizen, 1706-1790 . CONTENTS. CHAPTER father of THE MAN (X 706-1727) PAGE I CHAPTER EDITOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL ( r 7 28-I 740) . ;^;^ CHAPTER SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC (1736-I754) . 62 CHAPTER PHILOSOPHER IN MARTIAL MOOD (1755-1756). 92 CHAPTER BATTLE WITH THE PENNS (1756-1762) CHAPTER THORNY PATHS (1762-1765) 119 144 CHAPTER FOR THE COLONIES (1766-1773) . , 175 VI Contents CHAPTER VIII. PAGE a man of letters (1773-1774) . . 200 CHAPTER STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1774-1776). 224 CH
Benjamin Franklin, printer, statesman, philosopher and practical citizen, 1706-1790 . CONTENTS. CHAPTER father of THE MAN (X 706-1727) PAGE I CHAPTER EDITOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL ( r 7 28-I 740) . ;^;^ CHAPTER SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC (1736-I754) . 62 CHAPTER PHILOSOPHER IN MARTIAL MOOD (1755-1756). 92 CHAPTER BATTLE WITH THE PENNS (1756-1762) CHAPTER THORNY PATHS (1762-1765) 119 144 CHAPTER FOR THE COLONIES (1766-1773) . , 175 VI Contents CHAPTER VIII. PAGE a man of letters (1773-1774) . . 200 CHAPTER STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1774-1776). 224 CHAPTER MISSION TO FRANCE (1776-1778) . . 253 CHAPTER AND POLITICS (1777-1783) .... 278 CHAPTER RETROSPECT (1746-1783) 3OI CHAPTER DAYS (1784-1790) 325. ILLUSTRATIONS FRANKLIN IN 1777 . • • • Frontispiece After the print reproduced from the drawing ofCochin. TITLE-PAGE OF CICEROS CATO MAJOR* . 4° One of Franklins earlier publications. franklins puzzle, how to make MONEY. 46 Reproduced from a copper-plate print by permis-sion of Mrs. Frances H. Hoyt. THE PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY. THE OLD BUILDING ON FIFTH STREET, NOW DEMOLISHED . 56 From the engraving by W. Birch & Son. THE PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIAFrom an old engraving by W. Birch & .Son. THOMAS PENN ....••? From a painting owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and copied by M. I. Naylor, from the portrait in possession of Major Dugald Stuart. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ...... From a painting by Charles Willson Peale, ownedby the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,vii 90 118 140 VIU Illustrations SECOND STREET, PHILADELPHIA, SHOWING THE OLD COURT-HOUSE TO THE LEFT . . l66 From an engraving made by W. Birch & Son. GREAT BRITAIN TRUNCATED ..... 2
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