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  The works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin consisting of his Life written by himself : together with Essays humorous, moral, & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator.
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

  Author(s):

  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. ; Price, Richard, 1723-1791. ; Stueber, Henry, 1770?-1792. ; Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835, ed. and Maverick, Peter Rushton, 1755-1811, engraver.
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  Two volumes in one, each with engraved title page. Volume 1 contains the Life of Franklin, v. 2 the Essays. Edited by Benjamin Vaughan. Preface to v. 1 includes a letter from Richard Price. Pages 108-164 of v. 1 have the ...
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  The life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Written by himself.
  Date of publication:
  1794
  

  Author(s):

  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. ; Price, Richard, 1723-1791. ; Stueber, Henry, 1770?-1792. ; Thackara, James, 1767-1848, engraver. and Vallance, J. (John), 1770-1823, engraver.
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  Preface includes a letter from Richard Price. Pages 121-186 have the continuation of Franklin's Life written by Henry Stueber. Portrait of Franklin engraved by James Thackara and John Vallance. "Extracts from the last will ...
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  The way to wealth, and a plan by which every man may pay his taxes.
  Date of publication:
  1785
  

  Author(s):

  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  Description:
  Signed: Richard Saunders [i.e., Benjamin Franklin]. Date of publication supplied by Evans. Printed in four columns.
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  Miscellanies, moral and instructive, in prose and verse; collected from various authors, for the use of schools, and improvement of young persons of both sexes. ; [Two lines from Pope]
  Date of publication:
  1787
  

  Author(s):

  Moore, Milcah Martha, 1740-1829, comp. and Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  Description:
  The compiler is identified by Shipton & Mooney as Milcah Martha (Hill) Moore. Recommendation signed: B. Franklin. Bookseller's advertisements, p. [203-204].
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  Reflections on courtship and marriage: in two letters to a friend. Wherein a practicable plan is laid down for obtaining and securing conjugal felicity.
  Date of publication:
  1746
  

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  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Letter to a very young lady on her marriage.
  Description:
  "The ascription of authorship of the first two letters to B[enjamin] F[ranklin] made by Hildeburn on faulty grounds and by Sabin on unknown evidence is rejected by Franklin's most recent editors."--Miller. "A letter to a ...
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  Plain truth: or, Serious considerations on the present state of the city of Philadelphia, and province of Pennsylvania. By a tradesman of Philadelphia. ; [Sixteen lines in Latin]
  Date of publication:
  1747
  

  Author(s):

  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  Description:
  Attributed to Benjamin Franklin by Miller, who identifies Franklin as the printer. With a relief cut of Hercules and the wagoner on verso of title page.
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  Proposals relating to the education of youth in Pensilvania.
  Date of publication:
  1749
  

  Author(s):

  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  Description:
  Proposing the establishment of an academy in Philadelphia. The proposed school was established as the Charity School, but before any classes were held was rechartered in 1751 as the Academy and Charitable School of ...
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  Idea of the English school, sketch'd out for the consideration of the trustees of the Philadelphia Academy.
  Date of publication:
  1751
  

  Author(s):

  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  Description:
  Outlining a six-year course of instruction in English. Caption title. Signed on p. 8: B.F. "Franklin drew up this plan for an English school late in 1750 and probably first distributed it in printed form early in 1751 among ...
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  Some account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; from its first rise, to the beginning of the fifth month, called May, 1754.
  Date of publication:
  1754
  

  Author(s):

  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
  Description:
  Attributed to Benjamin Franklin in: Ford, P.L. Franklin bibliography, 1889. Errata statement, p. 38. List of contributors to the hospital, p. 39-40.
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  The interest of Great Britain considered with regard to her colonies and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe. : To which are added, Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, &c. / As the very ingenious, useful, and worthy author of this pamphlet (B------n F-------n, LL. D.) is well known and much esteemed by the principal gentlemen in England and America; and seeing that his other works have been received with universal applause; the present production needs no further recommendation to a generous, a free, an intelligent and publick-spirited people.
  Date of publication:
  1760
  

  Author(s):

  Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. ; Jackson, Richard, d. 1787. and Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Observations concerning the increase of mankind.
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  In response to "A letter addressed to great men" by John Douglas and "Remarks on the Letter addressed to great men" by William Burke. Frequently attributed to Richard Jackson; more recently to Benjamin Franklin and Jackson ...
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