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Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Duniway, C. A. _The Development of Freedom of the Press in
Massachusetts._ Cambridge, Mass.: 1906. (Chapter VI includes account
of James Franklin and the _New England Courant_.)
Eddy, G. S. "Dr. Benjamin Franklin's Library," _Proceedings of the
American Antiquarian Society_, N. S. XXXIV, 206-26 (Oct., 1924). (This
indefatigable scholar has ascertained the titles of 1350 volumes in
Franklin's library. This survey article does not list the titles.)
*Eiselen, M. R. _Franklin's Political Theories._ Garden City, N. Y.:
1928. (Thoughtful survey.)
Eiselen, M. R. _The Rise of Pennsylvania Protectionism._ Philadelphia:
1932. (University of Pennsylvania dissertation. Chapter I describes
Franklin's holding to laissez faire in a state dominantly
protectionist.)
Eliot, T. D. "The Relations Between Adam Smith and Benjamin Franklin
before 1776," _Political Science Quarterly_, XXXIX, 67-96 (March,
1924). (Exhaustive documentary data which fails to establish specific
and incontrovertible Franklin influence on Smith.)
"Excerpts from the Papers of Dr. Benjamin Rush," _Pennsylvania Magazine
of History and Biography_, XXIX, 15-30 (Jan., 1905). (Includes
"Conversations with Franklin," pp. 23-8: Franklin terms Latin and
Greek the "quackery of literature"; is alleged to have reprobated the
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, in that it placed "the Supreme
power of the State in the hands of a Single legislature." Other
interesting sidelights.)
Farrand, Max, ed. _The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787._ 3
vols. New Haven: 1911. (Records show Franklin as a sober moderator:
when rival factions tended to render the convention impotent, he
said, "When a broad table is to be made, and the edges <of planks do
not fit> the artist takes a little from both, and makes a good
joint.")
Fauchet, Claude. _Éloge civique de Benjamin Franklin, prononcé, le 21
Juillet 1790, dans la Rotonde, au nom de la Commune de Paris._ Paris:
1790.
Faÿ, Bernard. "Franklin et Mirabeau collaborateurs," _Revue de
Littérature Comparée_, VIII, 5-28 (1928). (Franklin furnished
materials for Mirabeau's _Considerations on the Order of
Cincinnatus_.)
Faÿ, Bernard. "Learned Societies in Europe and America in the Eighteenth
Century," _American Historical Review_, XXXVII, 255-66 (Jan., 1932).
(Urges that like all learned societies in the eighteenth century,
Franklin's Junto and American Philosophical Society "had Masonic
leanings.")
Faÿ, Bernard. "Le credo de Franklin," _Correspondant_, 570-8 (Feb. 25,
1930).
Faÿ, Bernard. "Les débuts de Franklin en France," _Revue de Paris_,
577-605 (Feb. 1, 1931).
Faÿ, Bernard. "Les dernières amours d'un philosophe," _Correspondant_,
381-96 (May 10, 1930).
Faÿ, Bernard. "Le triomphe de Franklin en France," _Revue de Paris_,
872-96 (Feb. 15, 1931).
Ford, P. L. "Franklin as Printer and Publisher," _Century Magazine_,
LVII, 803-17 (April, 1899).
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