The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 35 (häftad)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
812
Utgivningsdatum
1999-12-01
Förlag
Yale University Press
Illustrationer
8 b-w illus.
Volymtitel
Volume 35 The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 35 May 1 Through October 31, 1781
Dimensioner
226 x 160 x 53 mm
Vikt
1090 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
v. <1-35 > :
ISBN
9780300078411

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 35

Volume 35: May 1 through October 31, 1781

av Benjamin Franklin, Barbara B Oberg
Inbunden,  Engelska, 1999-12-01
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The thirty-fifth volume of the collected writings and correspondences of the American statesman, ambassador, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin During the six months from May through October 1781, Benjamin Franklin continues to address important diplomatic, political, and economic matters as minister plenipotentiary to France. While the decisive Yorktown campaign is waged in America, Franklin, a distant observer, faces a battle of his own--to save Americas financial credit in Europe. Congress has drawn so many bills on him, on John Jay in Spain, and on John Adams in the Netherlands that Franklin, ultimately responsible for all of them, faces the danger of bankruptcy. Here, as at Yorktown, French help permits the young nation to weather the crisis. Having recovered from a prolonged spell of gout and having learned that he will be retained as American minister in France, Franklin is revived in health and spirits. He undertakes his many public responsibilities with renewed vigor and is appointed by Congress to a five-member commission to negotiate peace with Britain. Franklin finds time for experiments with different inks and paper, masonic activities, purchasing books and exchanging them with friends, and maintaining a wide correspondence that provides exceptionally revealing glimpses of his thinking on science, politics, and Indian languages. Publication of this volume was assisted by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Barbara B. Oberg served as editor in chief of the Papers of Benjamin Franklin from 1986 to 1998.

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