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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Third Edition  ©2016 Louis P. Masur Formats: E-book, Print

Authors

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    Louis P. Masur

    Louis P. Masur is Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University. He has received teaching awards from several universities and is the author of numerous books including The Civil War: A Concise History and Lincolns Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction and the Crisis of Reunion. Masur is an elected member of the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Society of American Historians.

Table of Contents

Foreword   
Preface
List of Illustrations

Part One
INTRODUCTION: The Life of Benjamin Franklin

The Road to Success

A Political Life

The History of the Autobiography

Part Two
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Franklin’s First Outline for the Autobiography

Part Three
Related Documents

1. Plan of Conduct, 1726

2. "The Speech of Miss Polly Baker," 1747

3. Poor Richard Improved, 1758

4. Letter to Oliver Neave, Before 1769

5. Letter to Lord Howe, July 20, 1776

6. 6. Speech in the Convention at the Conclusion of Its Deliberations, September 17, 1787

7. An Address to the Public, November 9, 1789

8. Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim on the Slave Trade, March 23, 1790

9. Auguste de Saint Aubin after a drawing by Charles Cochin, Ben Franklin, 1777 and Benjamin West, Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky, 1816

Appendixes
A Franklin Chronology (1706–1790)   
Questions for Consideration   
Selected Bibliography   

Index  

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