Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Letters of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and His Son William Franklin, Colonial Governor of New Jersey, to William Strahan
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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LETTERS OF DR BENJAMIN FRANKLI
Author: Benjamin 1706-1790 FranklinPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781373294982
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
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Letters of Dr. Benjamin Franklin ... and His Son William Franklin ... to William Strahan ...
Author: Benjamin FranklinThe Works of Benjamin Franklin
Author: Benjamin FranklinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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William Franklin
Author: Sheila L. SkempPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195363396
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
When Benjamin Franklin flew his kite in a thunderstorm in his famous experiment, his illegitimate son William was his only companion. Together they traveled through the western wilds of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War, fought in the colony's fractious political battles. Ben helped his son attain the post of Royal Governor of New Jersey, and William's government hired Ben to represent the colony in London. But when war came, father and son were split: one acclaimed as a patriot hero, the other a loyalist condemned by his countrymen. In William Franklin, Sheila Skemp tells the story of this fascinating and complex man, a man with a foot in both worlds--he loved both King and country, and saw the interests of both as inextricably intertwined. She follows William's early years as a militia officer in the wars with the French, his life as a law student in England, and his long tenure as Royal Governor of New Jersey. Skemp highlights the close personal and political relationship between father and son, depicting such ironic episodes as William's defense of his father against charges that Ben was the author of the infamous Stamp Act. But as the years passed, Ben, in London, grew increasingly bitter toward the Crown, while William, in America, remained devoted to the King. By the time war came, their loyalties were divided, their relationship destroyed. Skemp traces William's career through the tumult of revolution and exile. Refusing to follow his fellow royal governors into asylum, he was arrested by the patriots and jailed; his wife soon died, and his property was confiscated. Upon release, William became president of the Board of Associated Loyalists in New York, where--neglected by the British and despised by the revolutionaries--he authorized one of the most notorious atrocities of the war, the hanging of Joshua Huddy. At war's end, Franklin fled into exile in England, hated by his countrymen, and disowned by the father he still venerated, and even loved. Sweeping and authoritative, William Franklin captures some of the great issues and personalities of the Revolutionary era, and the bitterness of a family split between father and son, patriot and loyalist.
Letters of David Hume to William Strahan
Author: David HumePublisher:
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Category : Philosophers
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The American Printer
Author: The Devious Dr. Franklin, Colonial Agent
Author: David T. MorganPublisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865546745
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Benjamin Franklin
Author: Christopher J. MurreyPublisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781590333846
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Benjamin Franklin is generally considered one of America's most versatile and talented statesmen, scientists, and philosophers. His achievements include publisher of Poor Richard's Almanac and many articles on political, economic, religious, philosophical and scientific subjects. He was the inventor of bifocals, the Franklin stove, lightening rod, he was one of the signers of the 'Declaration of Independence', and the founder of, what is now the University of Pennsylvania. This book presents a detailed and riveting review of Franklin's life based on excerpts from the renowned 1899 book on Franklin by Sydney George Fisher. This overview is augmented by a substantial selective bibliography, which features access through title, subject and author indexes.
The Record of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Benjamin Franklin
Author: American Philosophical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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