Opis: Franklin in France, Vol. 2 - Hale Edward E.

Excerpt from Franklin in France, Vol. 2: From Original Documents, Most of Which Are Now Published for the First Time

The volume in the reader's hands is an attempt to illustrate the closing years of Franklin's residence in France, from the original manuscripts in several large collections. With few exceptions, the manuscripts now printed at length, have never been published till now. The collections which have been open to us for that purpose are what we have called the "Stevens Collection" in the State Department at Washington, the American Philosophical Society's collection, the private collection of Hon. George Bancroft at Washington, that of the Adams family at Quincy, and the Sparks manuscripts at Cambridge. We are indebted to two Secretaries of State of two administrations, Messrs. Frelinghuysen and Bayard; to the Philosophical Society, and its accomplished librarian, Mr. Phillips; to Mr. Bancroft's untiring kindness; to Messrs. J. Q. and C. F. Adams; to Mrs. Sparks and the officers of the Harvard Library, - for the freest use of all these priceless collections, and for endless courtesies such as cannot be enumerated. To Mr. Dupont de Nemours; to Judge Chamberlain of the Boston Public Library; and to Mr. Hale of Phillipsburg, Penn., - we are indebted for single letters. All together, these manuscripts give the student such a view of the years covered by the narrative, as no single observer had while those years passed. And we must own that it is our fault if the reader does not find that the collections illustrate each other, and that the papers now printed throw new side-lights, even on the points best established in the history of Franklin's stay in France.

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Szczegóły: Franklin in France, Vol. 2 - Hale Edward E.

Nazwa: Franklin in France, Vol. 2 From Original Documents, Most of Which Are Now Published for the First Time (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Hale Edward E.
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330311691
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 490
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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