Franklin: The autobiography and other writings on politics, economics, and virtue

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
Chronology......Page 41
Bibliographical note......Page 44
Biographical guide......Page 49
A note on the texts......Page 53
Part One......Page 55
Part Two......Page 112
Part Three......Page 132
Part Four......Page 193
CHAPTER 2 Plan of Conduct (July–October 1726)......Page 197
CHAPTER 3 A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper--Currency (3 April 1729)......Page 198
CHAPTER 4 Apology for Printers (10 June 1731)......Page 213
CHAPTER 5 Rules for a Club Formerly Established at Philadelphia (1732)......Page 218
CHAPTER 6 Dialogue Between Two Presbyterians (10 April 1735)......Page 221
CHAPTER 7 To Josiah and Abiah Franklin (13 April 1738)......Page 226
CHAPTER 8 A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge Among the British Plantations in America (14 May 1743)......Page 228
CHAPTER 9 The Speech of Miss Polly Baker (15 April 1747)......Page 231
CHAPTER 10 Plain Truth: or, Serious Considerations On the Present State of the City of Philadelphia, and Province of Pennsylvania (17 November 1747)......Page 234
CHAPTER 11 Form of the Association into which Numbers are daily entering, for the Defence of this City and Province——With Remarks on each Paragraph (3 December 1747)......Page 247
Remarks on the Preamble......Page 249
Remarks on Article iii......Page 250
Remarks on Article iv......Page 251
Remarks on Article vi......Page 252
Remarks on Article viii......Page 253
CHAPTER 12 Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One (21 July 1748)......Page 254
Advertisement to the Reader......Page 257
Authors quoted in this Paper......Page 258
CHAPTER 14 Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c. (1751)......Page 269
CHAPTER 15 To James Parker (20 March 1751)......Page 276
CHAPTER 16 Rattle–Snakes for Felons (9 May 1751)......Page 280
CHAPTER 17 To Peter Collinson (9 May 1753)......Page 282
CHAPTER 18 To Peter Collinson (September 1753–January 1754)......Page 288
CHAPTER 19 Join or Die (9 May 1754)......Page 290
i. Reasons and Motives on which the Plan of Union was formed......Page 292
ii. Reasons against partial Unions......Page 293
President General, and Grand Council......Page 295
Election of Members......Page 297
Place of first Meeting......Page 298
Proportion of Members after the first three Years......Page 299
Continuance......Page 300
Power of President General and Grand Council Treaties of Peace and War......Page 301
Indian Purchases......Page 302
New Settlements......Page 303
Raise Soldiers and equip Vessels, &c.......Page 304
General Treasurer and Particular Treasurer......Page 305
Laws to be transmitted......Page 306
Officers how appointed......Page 307
Each Colony may defend itself on Emergency, &c.......Page 308
Remark, Feb. 9. 1789......Page 309
To the PRINTER of the LONDON CHRONICLE.......Page 310
CHAPTER 22 Preface to Poor Richard Improved: Father Abraham's Speech (7 July 1757)......Page 318
CHAPTER 23 To —— (13 December 1757)......Page 326
CHAPTER 24 To Lord Kames (3 May 1760)......Page 328
CHAPTER 25 On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor (29 November 1766)......Page 331
CHAPTER 26 To Lord Kames (25 February 1767)......Page 335
CHAPTER 27 Causes of the American Discontents Before 1768 (7 January 1768)......Page 340
To the Printer......Page 344
CHAPTER 28 The Somersett Case and the Slave Trade (20 June 1772)......Page 348
CHAPTER 29 Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (11 September 1773)......Page 349
CHAPTER 30 An Edict by the King of Prussia (22 September 1773)......Page 356
CHAPTER 31 On a Proposed Act to Prevent Emigration ([December?] 1773)......Page 361
2dly. As to the Practicability.......Page 363
3dly. As to the Policy of the Law.......Page 364
4thly. As to the Justice of it.......Page 365
CHAPTER 32 Proposed Articles of Confederation (21 July 1775)......Page 367
CHAPTER 33 The Morals of Chess (before 28 June 1779)......Page 371
CHAPTER 34 To Madame Brillon: The Whistle (10 November 1779)......Page 375
CHAPTER 35 To Joseph Priestley (8 February 1780)......Page 377
CHAPTER 36 To Joseph Priestley (7 June 1782)......Page 379
CHAPTER 37 To Richard Price (13 June 1782)......Page 381
CHAPTER 38 To Robert Morris (25 December 1783)......Page 382
CHAPTER 39 Remarks Concerning the Savages of North–America (1783)......Page 384
CHAPTER 40 To Sarah Franklin Bache (26 January 1784)......Page 390
CHAPTER 41 Information to Those Who Would Remove to America (February 1784)......Page 395
CHAPTER 42 To Benjamin Vaughan (26 July 1784)......Page 403
Speech on the Subject of Salaries (2 June)......Page 408
Speech in a Committee of the Convention on the Proportion of Representation and Votes (11June)......Page 411
Motion for Prayers in the Convention (28 June)......Page 414
Speech in the Convention at the Conclusion of its Deliberations (17 September)......Page 415
ii. The Duration of the Appointment......Page 418
iii. On the Legislative Branch......Page 419
CHAPTER 45 On the Slave Trade (25 March 1790)......Page 423
Index......Page 426