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The works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin : consisting of his Life written by himself together with Essays humorous, moral, & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator.

Author/creator Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : Printed by Tiebout & Obrian for H. Gain, V. Nutter, R. McGill, T. Allen, J, Read, E. Duyckinck, & Co. and Edward Mitchell no. 9, Maiden Lane, [1794]
Description2 volumes : portrait ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Portraits.
Other author/creatorVaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835, author.
Other author/creatorSteuber, Henry, 1770?-1792, author.
Other author/creatorPrice, Richard, 1723-1791 author.
Other author/creatorPrice, Richard, 1723-1791.
Other author/creatorStueber, Henry, 1770?-1792.
Other author/creatorVaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835, editor.
Other author/creatorTiebout, John, 1772?-1826, printer.
Other author/creatorO'Brien, Edward, -1799, printer.
Other author/creatorGaine, Hugh, 1726 or 1727-1807 bookseller.
Other author/creatorNutter, Valentine, 1741-1836, bookseller.
Other author/creatorMacgill, Robert, 1746?-1831, bookseller.
Other author/creatorAllen, Thomas, bookseller.
Other author/creatorReid, John, 1764?-1828, bookseller.
Other author/creatorDuyckinck, Evert, 1764?-1833, bookseller.
Other author/creatorMitchell, Edward, 1768?-1834 bookseller.
Other author/creatorMaverick, P. R. (Peter Rushton), 1755-1811, engraver.
General noteTwo volumes in one, each with engraved title page. Volume 1 contains the Life of Franklin, v. 2 the Essays.
General noteEdited by Benjamin Vaughan. Preface to v. 1 includes a letter from Richard Price. Pages 108-164 of v. 1 have the continuation of Franklin's Life written by Henry Steuber.
General noteDate of publication supplied by Evans.
General notePagination: v. 1, [1], 6-174 p., 2 leaf of plates; v. 2, [1], 4-139, [5] p., 1 leaf of plates.
General noteFrontispiece portrait and title pages engraved by P.R. Maverick.
General note"Extracts from the last will and testament of Dr. Franklin."--v. 1, p. 165-174.
General noteNote to the binders, p. 140, regarding folding of signature A of v. 1, and noting the second gathering F of v. 2.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
References Evans, 27007
References English Short Title Catalog, W17368.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formAutobiographies.

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