Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] / With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader

Benjamin Franklin

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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. PART I. Page Life of Dr.

MEMOIRS OF FRANKLIN. PART I.

PART II.

PART III.

WRITINGS OF FRANKLIN.

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MEMOIRS

OF

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN;

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

WITH HIS

MOST INTERESTING ESSAYS, LETTERS, AND MISCELLANEOUS
WRITINGS; FAMILIAR, MORAL, POLITICAL,
ECONOMICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL.

SELECTED WITH CARE

FROM ALL HIS PUBLISHED PRODUCTIONS, AND COMPRISING
WHATEVER IS MOST ENTERTAINING AND VALUABLE
TO THE GENERAL READER.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.

Benjamin Franklin I am, Yours, B Franklin New-York, Harper & Brothers.

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