The Political Thought of Benjamin FranklinToo often dismissed as the least philosophic of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin had a deep and lasting impact on the shape of American political thought. In this substantial collection of Franklin's letters, essays, and lesser-known papers, Ralph Ketcham traces the development of Franklin's practical-and distinctly American-political thought from his earliest Silence Dogood essays to his final writings on the Constitution and The Evils of the Slave Trade. |
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... Parliament : letter to Joseph Galloway 191 On a Common Parliament for the British Empire : letter to Cadwallader Evans [ 1767 ] The Uses of Paper Currency 193 The 192 Contents XV.
... Parliament : letter to Joseph Galloway 191 On a Common Parliament for the British Empire : letter to Cadwallader Evans [ 1767 ] The Uses of Paper Currency 193 The 192 Contents XV.
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... Parliamentary Elections : letters to Joseph Galloway 217 On the Labouring Poor 219 Riots in London over " Wilkes and Liberty " : letters to John Ross and to Joseph Galloway 224 [ 1769 ] Positions to Be Examined , Concerning National ...
... Parliamentary Elections : letters to Joseph Galloway 217 On the Labouring Poor 219 Riots in London over " Wilkes and Liberty " : letters to John Ross and to Joseph Galloway 224 [ 1769 ] Positions to Be Examined , Concerning National ...
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... Parliament and a Good King : letter to Samuel Cooper 235 On Office - Holding : letter to Jane Mecom 237 [ 1771 ] The Seeds of a " Total Disunion " Between Great Britain and America : letter to the Committee of Correspondence in ...
... Parliament and a Good King : letter to Samuel Cooper 235 On Office - Holding : letter to Jane Mecom 237 [ 1771 ] The Seeds of a " Total Disunion " Between Great Britain and America : letter to the Committee of Correspondence in ...
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Contents
Introduction | xxvii |
Chronology | lvii |
Editors Note and Acknowledgments | lxvii |
ESSAYS IN The NewEngland Courant 17221723 | 1 |
1742 | 37 |
Plain Truth | 43 |
1749 | 54 |
Hospitals Charity and the Public Good | 57 |
The Natural Right of Emigration | 270 |
letter to the Committee | 278 |
PART THREE | 287 |
PART FOUR | 297 |
1778 | 303 |
Parable Against English Proposals | 309 |
letter to Sarah Franklin Bache | 312 |
letters to Sir Joseph Banks | 334 |
1753 | 72 |
The Evils of the Indian Trade | 82 |
in the Ohio Valley | 105 |
Spokesman for America in England 1757177 | 141 |
The Uses of Paper Currency | 193 |
1768 | 209 |
letter to Samuel Cooper | 235 |
The Farmers of Great Britain | 244 |
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