FRANKLIN. Mémoires écrits par lui-même. Traduite de l'Anglais, et annotés par Édouard Laboulaye. Paris: L. Hachette et Ce. 12mo. 25552 FRANKLIN. Gedenkschriften van Benjamin Franklin; bestaande in uitgelezen brieven. Naar het Engelsch. Haarlem. MDCCCXVII. 8vo, pp. viii, 338. B. 25553 [FRANKLIN.] A Memorial of the Case of the German Emigrants settled in the British Colonies of Pennsilvania, and the back Parts of Maryland, Virginia, &c. London: Printed in the Year MDCCLIV. 4to, pp. 20, 8. 25554 FRANKLIN. Miscelanea de Economia, Politica, y Moral, extractada de las Obras de Benjamin Franklin, y precedida de una Noticia sobre su Vida. Traducida del Frances por R. Mangino. Paris. 1825. 2 vols., 18mo. 25555 [FRANKLIN.] A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency. Philadelphia: Printed and sold at the New Printing-Office, near the Market. 1729. 8vo, pp. 36. Written and printed by B. Franklin, to encourage making more paper money, which was done. Signed "B. B. April 3. 1729." His first published tract, which was well received by the common people, but disliked by the rich. FRANKLIN. Nachgelassene Schriften und Correspondenz ; nebst einem Leben. Aus dem Englischen. Weimar: IndustrieComptoir. 1817-19. 5 vols., 8vo. 25556a Vols. III. and iv. are entitled "Franklin's Leben;" Vol. v., "Aufsätze vermischen Inhalts." [FRANKLIN.] A Narrative of the Late Massacres, in Lancaster County, of a Number of Indians, Friends of this Province, By Persons unknown. With some Observations on the same. Printed in the Year M,DCC,LXIV. 8vo, pp. 31. P. 25557 Written and printed by B. Franklin. Shehaes, one of the slain, had assisted in the second treaty (1701) with Wm. Penn. Twenty-two unoffending, innocent Indians, old men, women, and children, who had long lived at peace with and among the whites, were murdered, with every circumstance of cowardly cruelty, by a mob of the Presbyterian settlers, calling themselves the Paxton Boys, led on by the Rev. Mr. Elder, persuading themselves they were doing God's work. Mr. Field, in his "Indian Bibliography," characterizes this massacre as “the most horrible picture of human phrensy this continent ever saw [FRANKLIN.] Necessary Truth; or Seasonable Considerations for the Inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia, and Province of Pennsylvania. In relation to the Pamphlet call'd Plain Truth: and Two other Writers in the News-Paper. Philadelphia: printed in the Year MDCCXLVIII. 8vo, pp. 16. P. 25558 In the type of Franklin and Hall, and probably written by Franklin. FRANKLIN. New Experiments and Observations on Electricity. Made at Philadelphia in America. By Benjamin Franklin, Esq.; ... The Second Edition. London: D. Henry and R. Cave. 1754. 4to, pp. (2), 154. + Third Edition. London: D. Henry and R. Cave. 1760. 4to, pp. (6), 154. 25559 There are, in all, three parts of these experiments, and copies are sometimes made up with the dates of 1760, 1762, and 1754. See Experiments, No. 25505, supra. FRANKLIN. Osservazione a chiunque desideri passare in America. Padova. 1785. 8vo. 25560 FRANKLIN. A Paper supposed to have been Written by Dr. Benj. Franklin at Paris, for the purpose of Borrowing Money for the Use of the United States. [About 1776.] 8vo. Title from J. R. Smith's sale catalogue. FRANKLIN. Philosophical and Miscellaneous Papers. Lately written by B. Franklin, LL.D. London: C. Dilly. M.DCC.LXXXVII. 8vo, pp. (6), 186. Plates. H. 25562 [FRANKLIN.] See Plain Facts. ... [FRANKLIN.] Plain Truth: or, Serious Considerations on the Present State of the City of Philadelphia and sylvania. By a Tradesman of Philadelphia. MDCCXLVII. 8vo, pp. 22. Province of Penn- Written and printed by Benjamin Franklin. On the back of the title-page is a rude woodcut of Hercules and the Waggoner. A second edition in the same year, which contains an extra leaf, unpaged, pp. 2. Printed and sold by Godhard Ambruster: Philadelphia. 1747. 8vo. Both editions are very rare. For a Reply, see A Treatise, etc., 1748, and “Sundry Christian Truths, and Short Views of a Pamphlet lately Published, entitled, 'Plain Truth.' In German. By a Tradesman of Germantown. Germantown: printed by C. Sower. 1748." FRANKLIN. A Pocket | Almanack | For the Year 1742. | Fitted for the Use of Penn-sylvania, and the neighbouring Provinces. By Richard Saunders, Phil. | Philadelphia:| Printed by B. Franklin. 32mo, pp. 16. 25564 Continued to 1749; after that date, printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, to 1766 or later. FRANKLIN. Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces; Arranged under the following Heads, and Distinguished by Initial Letters in each Leaf: [G. P.] General Politics; [A. 13. P.] American Politics before the Troubles; [A. D. F.] American Politics during the Troubles; [P. P.] Provincial of Colony Politics; and [M. P.] Miscellaneous and Philosophical Pieces; Written by Benj. Franklin, LL.D. ... Now first Collected, With Explanatory Plates, Notes, And an Index to the Whole. London: J. Johnson. M DCC LXXIX. 4to, pp. xi, (1), 567, (7). Portrait, 3 Plates, and Table. ... BA. 25565 See "M. Rev.," LXII. 194. Also printed on large paper. FRANKLIN. Poor Richard, 1733. An Almanack For the Year of Christ 1733, Being the First after Leap Year, and makes since the Creation Wherein is contained The Lunations, Eclipses, Judgment of the Weather, Spring Tides, Planets Motions & mutual Aspects, Sun and Moon's Rising and Setting, Length of Days, Time of High Water, Fairs, Courts, and observable Days. Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of Five Hours West from London, but may without sensible Error, serve all the adjacent Places, even from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By Richard Saunders, Philom. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the New Printing-Office near the Market. [n. d.] 12m0, 12 l. P. 25566 Reprinted in facsimile, Philadelphia: George S. Appleton. 1847? 12mo. This is the first of this series of almanacs, of which a complete set is almost unknown. The issues for 1733 to 1749, inclusive, all consist of 12 leaves each. The almanac for 1748 is entitled, FRANKLIN. Note, This Almanack us'd to contain but 24 Pages, and now has 36; yet the Price is very little advanc'd.] Poor Richard improved: Being an | Almanack and Ephemeris | of the Motions of the Sun and Moon; the True Places and Aspects of the Planets; the | Rising and Setting of the Sun; and the Rising, Setting and Southing of the Moon, for the | Bissextile Year, 1748. Containing also, The Lunations, Conjunctions, Eclipses, Judgment of the Weather, Rising and Setting of the Planets, Length of Days and Nights, Fairs, Courts, | Roads, &c. Together with useful Tables, chro-|nological Observations, and entertaining Remarks. | Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, and a Meridian of near five Hours West from London; but may, without sensible Error, | serve all the Northern Colonies. I By Richard Saunders, Philom. | Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin. 12mo, pp. 36. 25567 Continued to 1761 by B. Franklin; after this year, to 1766, it was Printed and sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall. 12mo, all with pp. 36. It was continued by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia, to 1794 or later. To the almanac for 1758 is prefixed a collection of the Proverbs, etc., scattered through the previous numbers. These sayings were frequently reprinted in England as the "Way to Wealth," and in French as the "La science du bonhomme Richard." Stevens, in his "Nuggets," No. 1110, has also reprinted them. The almanac for 1758 is the most rare and valuable of the series. The almanacs for 1733-1741 were reprinted and adapted to the years 1850, 1851, and 1852, as below: ... FRANKLIN, "Poor Richard." Poor Richard's Almanac for 1850, [1851], [1852] as Written by Benjamin Franklin, for the Years 1733-1734-1735. [1736-1737] The Astronomical Calculations adapted to Boston, New-York, ... To which is added, ... the Life of the Great Philosopher, Written by Himself.... New-York: John Doggett, Fr. 1849-50. 3 vols., 12mo, pp. 60. B., H. 25568 FRANKLIN. ... Posthumous and other Writings, (not contained in his Collected Works, Published from the Originals, by his Grandson, W. T. Franklin). London: H. Colburn. 1819. 2 vols., 8vo. 25569 These are Vol. v. of vi. of our No. 25545, supra, with new title-pages. FRANKLIN. The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, ... comprising a Series of Letters... Illustrating the Memoirs of his Public and Private Life. Published from the Originals, by his Grandson, Wm. Temple Franklin. London: Henry Colburn. 1817. 4to, pp. xxiii, (2), 449. H. + Second Edition, with Additions. London: H. Colburn. 1817. 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xxiv, 486; xi, 475. Plate. The quarto edition forms Vol. 11. of our No. 25545, snpra. C. 25571 The Svo forms Vols. FRANKLIN. Correspondance choisie, suivie de ses mémoires, publiés par son petit-fils W. Temple Franklin, traduit Français. Strassbourg. 25572 FRANKLIN. The Private Life of the late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D. Late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America to France, &c. ... Originally written by Himself, and now Translated from the French. To which are added, Some Account of his Public Life, a variety of Anecdotes concerning him, by MM. Brissot, Condorcet, Rochefaucault, Le Roy, &c. and the Eulogium of M. Fauchet. London: J. Parsons. 1793. 8vo, pp. xvi, 324. ... See "M. Rev.," x. 307. 25573 [FRANKLIN.] Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge, Phila. 14 May, 1743. &c. Originally printed as a circular. See Sparks' Franklin, vi. 14. 25574 [FRANKLIN.] Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. M.DCC.XLIX. 8vo, pp. 32. BA. In the advertisement prefixed to this pamphlet, letters on the subject are requested to be addressed to B. Franklin, Printer, &c., from which it appears probable that Franklin was the author. [FRANKLIN.] Remarks on a late Protest against the Appointment of Mr. Franklin an Agent for this Province. [B. Franklin: Philadelphia. Nov. 5th, 1764.] 8vo, pp. 7. c. 25576 This was an answer to "A Protest against the Appointment of Mr. Franklin an Agent for Pennsylvania. 1764." 8vo, which, in its turn, was answered by FRANKLIN. An Answer to Mr. Franklin's Remarks, on a late Protest. Philadelphia: William Bradford. M.DCC.LXIV. 8vo, P. 25577 PP. 22. A very furious attack on Dr. Franklin. "There is ample room to show how diametrically opposite his principles have been at different times; how he has paid servile court to all sides, deceived all, calumniated all!"— Page 21. [FRANKLIN.] Remarks concerning the Savages of North America. Birmingham. 1784. 8vo. 25578 In an advertisement to this tract it is stated that it was written by Dr. Franklin, and taken from a copy printed by himself, for his own amusement, at his house at Passy. "It is strongly marked by that plainness and simplicity of manner, accompanied by that point and poignancy, which distinguish the doctor's writings, whenever he chooses to indulge his vein of pleasantry."— M. Rev., LXXI. 70. Reprinted in Two Tracts. See our No. 25594, supra. [FRANKLIN.] Report of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and other Commissioners, charged by the King of France, with the Examination of the Animal Magnetism, as now practised at Paris. Translated from the French. With an Historical Introduction. London: J. Johnson. 1785. pp. xx, 123. 25579 FRANKLIN. Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small one. By the late Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D. F.R.S. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Alexander, Lord Loughborough. To which is subjoined The Declaration of Independence by the Representatives of the United States of America in General Congress assembled. London: James Ridgway. 1793. 8vo, Pp. 16. 25580 Written for "The Public Advertiser" (London), Oct. 1772. The Earl of Hillsborough is alluded to. The dedication to this edition is ironical. Sämmtliche Werke. Aus dem Englischen von G. T. Wenzel. Dresden : pp. (12), 502, Portrait; (12), B. 25581 und Französischen ubersetzt. Walther. 1780. 3 vols., 8vo, 442, Plates; (12), 636. |