The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 9 : Volume 9: January 1, 1760 Through December 31 1761

Franklin, Benjamin

ISBN 10: 0300006594 / ISBN 13: 9780300006599

Published by Yale University Press, 1966

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Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 9 : Volume 9: January 1, 1760 Through December 31 1761
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1966
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300006594
• ISBN 13: 9780300006599
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.803 pounds

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Synopsis

Early in the period covered by this volume Franklin wrote the "Canada Pamphlet," one of his earliest and most important efforts to influence British public opinion. In it he urged that in peace negotiations with France, Great Britain should insist on receiving the whole of Canada as a permanent possession, rather than the island of Guadeloupe. Franklin's time and attention were also taken up by a major contest with the Pennsylvania Proprietors before the officers of the Crown to gain royal approval of a series of important acts passed by the Assembly. Neither side won a complete victory, though on the central issue that had taken Franklin to England he achieved the recognition of the Assembly's right to tax the proprietary estates on the same basis as the property of other landowners. His periods of leisure were brightened by a widening circle of British friends and by travel in England and the Low Countries.

About the Author

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. He was an author, printer, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, statesman, and diplomat. Franklin invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and bifocals. He served as President of Pennsylvania (which would be Governor today), United States Minister to France, United States Minister to Sweden, and United States Postmaster General. At 70, he was the oldest signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was a publisher; most famously of Poor Richard's Almanack, which was published from 1732 to 1757. He charted the Gulf Stream in 1770, developed meteorological theories, and, in a letter dated 1772, laid out the earliest known description of a Pro & Con list. Franklin played the violin, harp, and guitar, and was the first chess player known by name in the American colonies. He created one of the first volunteer firefighting companies in America, was instumental in the founding of the University of Pennsylvania, and founded the American Philosophical Society. Franklin biographer Walter Isaacson calls him "the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."