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The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 11
Volume 11: January 1, 1764 through December 31, 1764
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 12
Volume 12: January 1, 1765 through December 31, 1765
Momentous public affairs mingle with family concerns to give a varied interest to Franklin's papers for 1765. During the first part of the year he was busy trying to get modifications of existing British revenue laws...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 16
Volume 16: January 1, 1769, through December 31, 1769
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 10
Political Writings
Given Johnson’s intense concern throughout his life with problems of human morality, it is not surprising, in an age when such writers as Defoe, Swift, Pope, Goldsmith, and Burke were highly politically conscious, to...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 17
Volume 17, January 1, 1770 through December 31, 1770
The year 1770 was momentous on both sides of the Atlantic. In England, Lord North began his long and calamitous ministry by repealing all the Townsend duties except that on tea. This partial repeal eroded the basis of the...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 18
Volume 18: January 1, 1771 through December 31, 1771
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 41
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Volume II, 1766-1781
The publication of Horace Walpole's Miscellaneous Correspondence marks the triumphant conclusion to what has been called "the greatest private scholarly achievement in history." Except for the comprehensive six-volume index,...
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 42
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Volume III, 1782-1797, Undated Letters
The publication of Horace Walpole's Miscellaneous Correspondence marks the triumphant conclusion to what has been called "the greatest private scholarly achievement in history." Except for the comprehensive size six...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 20
Volume 20: January 1 through December 31, 1773
Franklin’s activities in 1773 were as multifarious as ever, but behind them were two developments that closely affected his future. One was the growing impact on him and his London world of the shock waves emanating from...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 37
Volume 37: March 16 through August 15, 1782
This book, encompassing five months during 1782, promises to be one of the most significant volumes in the entire series of Benjamin Franklin’s papers. Between March and August, Franklin mastered one of the greatest...