Benjamin Franklin

From the painting by J. Silfréde Duplessis, Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM P. TRENT

AND

BENJAMIN W. WELLS

THE

GROWTH OF THE NATIONAL SPIRIT

1710-1775

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THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
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