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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 Yale Edition of The Complete Works of St. Thomas More
Volume 13, Treatise on the Passion, Treatise on the Blessed Body, Instructions and Prayers
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 Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 18
Johnson on the English Language
This volume collects the most important statements on the English language by Samuel Johnson, one of its greatest expositors and speakers. The book includes scholarly, fully annotated editions of Johnson’s main writings on...
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...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 36
Volume 36: November 1, 1781, through March 15, 1782
As the volume opens, Franklin despairs of living long enough to see the war come to an end. He had been plagued by continued financial demands from Congress that he could not meet and was worried about how much further he...
The Seventeenth Century French Paintings
The National Gallery, London, possesses an outstanding collection of French seventeenth-century paintings, in part a reflection of the enthusiasm with which British collectors once acquired the works of Poussin and...