LEADER 04369oam 22006494a 450 001 9910807154203321 005 20210108134242.0 010 $a1-58729-983-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092729 035 $a(EBL)843316 035 $a(OCoLC)727944924 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000522704 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11340959 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522704 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10538605 035 $a(PQKB)11213609 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12492 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843316 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092729 100 $a20101118d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFranklin in His Own Time $eA Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates /$fedited by Kevin J. Hayes and Isabelle Bour 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 0 $aWriters in their own time 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-982-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-186) and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; Chronology; Pehr Kalm, [Speaking about Natural History, 1748]; Daniel Fisher, [Extracts from the Diary, 1755]; House of Commons, The Examination of Doctor Benjamin Franklin (1767); Joseph Priestley, [Science, Religion, and Politics in London, 1769, 1795, 1802]; Josiah Quincy, Jr., [Franklin in London, 1774-1775]; John Adams, [Franklin as a Congressman and a Diplomat, 1775-1778]; Abigail Adams, [Franklin in Boston and Paris, 1775 and 1784]; Philip Gibbes, [Two Conversations with Benjamin Franklin, 1777-1778]; Arthur Lee, [Extracts from the Journal, 1777] 327 $aWilliam Greene, [Franklin at Passy, 1778]John Baynes, [Franklin at Passy, 1783]; Andrew Ellicott, [This Venerable Nestor of America, 1785]; Benjamin Rush, [The Wisdom and Experience of Mellow Old Age, 1785-1789, 1805, 1806]; Winthrop Sargent, [My Dinner with Franklin, 1786]; Manasseh Cutler, [A Visit to Franklin Court, 1787]; James Madison, [Franklin during the Constitutional Convention, 1787]; Mary Stevenson Hewson, "Closing Scenes of Dr. Franklin's Life: In a Letter from an Eye-Witness" (1790); John Jones, "Short Account of Dr. Franklin's Last Illness by His Attending Physician" (1790) 327 $aLouis Lefebvre de La Roche, "On Franklin" (1800)Thomas Jefferson, [Anecdotes of Doctor Franklin, 1818 and 1821]; William Temple Franklin, [Anecdotes Relative to Dr. Franklin, 1818]; Robert Aspland, [A Conversation with Franklin's London Friends, 1821]; Andre? Morellet, [Memories of Franklin, 1821]; Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, [A Short Account of Benjamin Franklin, 1825]; Roberts Vaux and a Canadian Numismatist, [The Sawdust Pudding Supper: Two Versions, 1835 and 1875]; Deborah Norris Logan, [Memoir of Dr. George Logan of Stenton, 1839] 327 $aRobert Carr, "Personal Recollections of Benjamin Franklin" (1864)Permissions; Works Cited; Index 330 $aIn his time Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was the most famous American in the world. Even those personally unacquainted with the man knew him as the author of Poor Richard's Almanack, as a pioneer in the study of electricity and a major figure in the American Enlightenment, as the creator of such life-changing innovations as the lightning rod and America's first circulating library, and as a leader of the American Revolution. His friends also knew him as a brilliant conversationalist, a great wit, an intellectual filled with curiosity, and most of all a master ane 410 0$aWriters in Their Own Time 606 $aPrinters$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aInventors$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aScientists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrinters 615 0$aInventors 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aStatesmen 676 $a973.3092 676 $a973.3092 701 $aBour$b Isabelle$01106906 701 $aHayes$b Kevin J$0859233 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807154203321 996 $aFranklin in His Own Time$94090467 997 $aUNINA