Mr. Franklin : a selection from his personal letters
โ Scribed by Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press ; London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1956
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
"Published ... to commemorate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin ... Selected from The papers of Benjamin Franklin, a work in progress under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society and Yale University"--P. [5]
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