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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Volume 42 March 1 Through August 15, 1784

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Volume 42 March 1 Through August 15, 1784 - The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

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Publisher's Synopsis

The forty-second volume of the collected writings and correspondences of the American statesman, ambassador, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin

"The Papers of Benjamin Franklin series remains among the premier scholarly accomplishments of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries."-Carla J. Mulford, Reviews in American History


In the spring of 1784, Franklin, John Jay, and British negotiator David Hartley exchanged ratifications of the definitive British-American peace treaty. Hoping for permission from Congress to return home, Franklin settled his accounts, negotiated a French consular convention, headed a royal commission to investigate animal magnetism, wrote several scientific theories, and published his well-known satire about rising with the sun. As the volume ends, Thomas Jefferson brings news of a diplomatic assignment that would keep Franklin in France for another year.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780300222692
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 973.3092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 648
Weight: 930g
Height: 157mm
Width: 226mm
Spine width: 44mm