Author:Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

See biography, media, quotes. A founder of the United States.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Letters 1.2 Speeches 1.3 Published Works 1.4 Essays 1.5 Other 2 Works about Franklin

[edit] Works

[edit] Letters

• Extract of a Letter concerning Electricity, from Mr. B. Franklin to Mons. Delibard (1755)
• Brave Men at Fires (1 December 1773)
• Franklin to an Engraver in Paris (24 June 1778)
• Franklin to Benjamin Webb (22 April 1784)
• On The Age of Reason (1785)
• 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)

[edit] Speeches

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

[edit] 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
• Silence Dogood, No. 2
• Silence Dogood, No. 3
• Silence Dogood, No. 4
• Silence Dogood, No. 5
• Silence Dogood, No. 6
• Silence Dogood, No. 7
• Silence Dogood, No. 8
• Silence Dogood, No. 9
• Silence Dogood, No. 10
• Silence Dogood, No. 11
• Silence Dogood, No. 12
• Silence Dogood, No. 13
• Silence Dogood, No. 14

[edit] Essays

• 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

[edit] Other

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

[edit] Works about Franklin

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

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.