Volume 3 of the acclaimed biography narrates Franklin's growth from printer to public-spirited politician, soldier, and patriot.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
J. A. Leo Lemay (1935-2006) was H. F. du Pont Winterthur Professor of English at the University of Delaware. He wrote extensively on early American literature and is the author of the bestselling volumes 1 and 2 of The Life of Benjamin Franklin, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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List of Illustrations Preface 1. The Association 1747-1748 2. Electricity 3. Astronomy Weather and the Northwest Passage: Natural Philosopher 1748-1757 4. Clerk Councilman and Magistrate 1748-1751 5. The Academy and College of Philadelphia 6. Colonial Union Dumping Felons in America and Assemblyman 1751 7. The Fundamental Document of the American Revolution 1751 8. The Pennsylvania Hospital 9. Franklin's First Full Assembly the Money Bill and Susanna Wright 1751-1752 10. Insurance: The Philadelphia Contributionship 11. Paper Currency the Coming of War and a Trip to New England 1752-1753 12. The Carlisle Treaty Postmaster General a Trip to New England and Assembly Sessions 1753-1754 13. The Pennsylvania Germans 14. Assembly Sessions the Snake Cartoon and the Albany Conference 1754 15. Boston America and the Empire and Katy Ray 1754-1755 16. Libels on the Assembly Quincy's Mission and General Braddock 1755 17. Assembly Crises Crown Point Parables and Glimpses of Deborah 1755 18. The French and Indians Attack and Pennsylvania Responds 1755 19. General Franklin on the Frontier 1755-1756 20. Rival Militias Colonel Franklin to Virginia to New York and Frontier Fighting 1756 21. Military Tour to Carlisle Harris's Ferry and New York; Assembly Sessions and Easton Treaty 1756-1757 22. Franklin in New York and at Sea 1757 23. Assessing Franklin Age 42 through 51 Appendices 1. New Attributions 2. Franklin's Residences and Real Estate to 1757 3. Electrical Terminology 4. The Influence of Benjamin Franklin's "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind" (1751) on Ezra Stiles Richard Price and Adam Smith; Thomas Malthus; Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin 5. Franklin's Plan of Union and the Albany Plan 6. Franklin's Saying: "Essential Liberty . . . Temporary Safety" 7. Post Office Expansion 1753-1757 8. Franklin's Wealth 1756 9. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin List of Abbreviations Notes Index
List of Illustrations Preface 1. The Association 1747-1748 2. Electricity 3. Astronomy Weather and the Northwest Passage: Natural Philosopher 1748-1757 4. Clerk Councilman and Magistrate 1748-1751 5. The Academy and College of Philadelphia 6. Colonial Union Dumping Felons in America and Assemblyman 1751 7. The Fundamental Document of the American Revolution 1751 8. The Pennsylvania Hospital 9. Franklin's First Full Assembly the Money Bill and Susanna Wright 1751-1752 10. Insurance: The Philadelphia Contributionship 11. Paper Currency the Coming of War and a Trip to New England 1752-1753 12. The Carlisle Treaty Postmaster General a Trip to New England and Assembly Sessions 1753-1754 13. The Pennsylvania Germans 14. Assembly Sessions the Snake Cartoon and the Albany Conference 1754 15. Boston America and the Empire and Katy Ray 1754-1755 16. Libels on the Assembly Quincy's Mission and General Braddock 1755 17. Assembly Crises Crown Point Parables and Glimpses of Deborah 1755 18. The French and Indians Attack and Pennsylvania Responds 1755 19. General Franklin on the Frontier 1755-1756 20. Rival Militias Colonel Franklin to Virginia to New York and Frontier Fighting 1756 21. Military Tour to Carlisle Harris's Ferry and New York; Assembly Sessions and Easton Treaty 1756-1757 22. Franklin in New York and at Sea 1757 23. Assessing Franklin Age 42 through 51 Appendices 1. New Attributions 2. Franklin's Residences and Real Estate to 1757 3. Electrical Terminology 4. The Influence of Benjamin Franklin's "Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind" (1751) on Ezra Stiles Richard Price and Adam Smith; Thomas Malthus; Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin 5. Franklin's Plan of Union and the Albany Plan 6. Franklin's Saying: "Essential Liberty . . . Temporary Safety" 7. Post Office Expansion 1753-1757 8. Franklin's Wealth 1756 9. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin List of Abbreviations Notes Index
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