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The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 48
Complete Index: Volume V, Sallust to Zweibrücken
The People's Armies
In this classic book, the famed historian Richard Cobb describes the Armées Révolutionnaires of eighteenth-century France and their clashes with the anti-revolutionary rural populace. In so doing, he provides important...
The Diary of Joseph Farington
Volume 7
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 3
Volume 3, January 1, 1745 through June 30, 1750
This latest volume in the continuing edition of one of America's most versatile citizens shows Franklin's interests, already diversified, beginning to broaden still more, until in 1748 he turns over the active operation of...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 4
Volume 4: July 1, 1750 through June 30, 1753
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 6
Volume 6: April 1, 1755 through September 24, 1756
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 7
Volume 7: October 1, 1756 through March 31, 1758
The seventh volume concludes the first period of Franklin's public service in Pennsylvania, and takes him to England to begin his "second career," that of colonial agent. Problems of defense during the war with France,...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 8
Volume 8: April 1, 1758 through December 31, 1759
In this volume Franklin is representing the Pennsylvania Assembly in London, meeting with limited success before the Privy Council over the question of the Proprietor's alleged fraud in Indian lands and with complete reversal...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 9
Volume 9: January 1, 1760 through December 31, 1761
Early in the period covered by this volume Franklin wrote the "Canada Pamphlet," one of his earliest and most important efforts to influence British public opinion. In it he urged that in peace negotiations with France, Great...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 10
Volume 10: January 1, 1762 through December 31, 1763
In the summer of 1762 Franklin wound up his business in England as agent for the Pennsylvania Assembly and returned to Philadelphia. William Franklin was married in London and soon followed his father to take office as...