Author:Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

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Benjamin Franklin

Works

Letters

• Extract of a Letter concerning Electricity, from Mr. B. Franklin to Mons. Delibard (1755)
• Letter on a Manuscript against the Doctrine of a Particular Providence (1757)
• Brave Men at Fires (1 December 1773)
• Franklin to an Engraver in Paris (24 June 1778)
• Franklin to Abbé Jean-Louis Giraud Soulavie: Account of a Conversation with Benjamin Franklin on 12 August 1782 (22 September 1782)
• Franklin to Benjamin Webb (22 April 1784)
• An Address to the Public, (1789)
• A Plan for Improving the Condition of the Free Blacks (1789)
• Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery (1790)

Speeches

• On State Representation (1787)
• Disapproving and accepting the Constitution (1787)

Published Works

• A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of Paper Currency (1729)
• Apology for Printers (1731)
• Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751)
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771-1790) - published posthumously
• Silence Dogood, No. 1, April 2, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 2, April 16, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 3, April 30, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 4, May 14, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 5, May 28, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 6, June 11, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 7, June 25, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 8, July 9, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 9, July 23, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 10, August 13, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 11, August 20, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 12, September 10, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 13, September 24, 1722
• Silence Dogood, No. 14, October 8, 1722

Essays

• A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain
• Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout
• The Ephemera: An Emblem of Human Life
• Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One (published 11 September 1773)
• The Whistle

Other

• A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America (1743)
• A Catalogue of Books (1744)
• Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Franklin

Works about Franklin

• Benjamin Franklin article in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
• “Franklin, Benjamin” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• Carl Schurz, Lecture on Benjamin Franklin, 1884.
• "Benjamin Franklin", a poem by Florence Earle Coates

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.