Benjamin Franklin and His EnemiesUniversity of California Press, 2023 M11 15 - 274 páginas In this engaging study of the much-loved statesman and polymath, Robert Middlekauff uncovers a little-known aspect of Benjamin Franklin's personality—his passionate anger. He reveals a fully human Franklin who led a remarkable life but nonetheless had his share of hostile relationships—political adversaries like the Penns, John Adams, and Arthur Lee—and great disappointments—the most significant being his son, William, who sided with the British. Utilizing an abundance of archival sources, Middlekauff weaves episodes in Franklin's emotional life into key moments in colonial and Revolutionary history. The result is a highly readable narrative that illuminates how historical passions can torment even the most rational and benevolent of men. |
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... Royal Society . A glimpse of Franklin's correspondence might lead one to con- clude that he knew everyone in London and was friends with ev- eryone worth knowing . But he did not consort often with literary people or with artists . He ...
... Royal Society . A glimpse of Franklin's correspondence might lead one to con- clude that he knew everyone in London and was friends with ev- eryone worth knowing . But he did not consort often with literary people or with artists . He ...
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... Royal Society . The next year he began their publication in Lon- don , and Franklin's name as a scientist was made . 9 Franklin's friendship with William Strahan , a Scottish - born printer in London , may have been even closer . The ...
... Royal Society . The next year he began their publication in Lon- don , and Franklin's name as a scientist was made . 9 Franklin's friendship with William Strahan , a Scottish - born printer in London , may have been even closer . The ...
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... Royal Society as well as the Honest Whigs , and they visited each other in the Spital Square Academy and at Franklin's house on Craven Street . Frank- lin served on the committee of the Royal Society that studied Can- ton's experiments ...
... Royal Society as well as the Honest Whigs , and they visited each other in the Spital Square Academy and at Franklin's house on Craven Street . Frank- lin served on the committee of the Royal Society that studied Can- ton's experiments ...
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... Royal Society even before the books were published . The next year , in a curiously ineffective attempt , Franklin proposed Priest- ley for the Copley Medal — ineffective because Franklin's written assessment of Priestley's scientific ...
... Royal Society even before the books were published . The next year , in a curiously ineffective attempt , Franklin proposed Priest- ley for the Copley Medal — ineffective because Franklin's written assessment of Priestley's scientific ...
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... Royal Academy of Sciences in November 1790.24 The great French chemist Lavoisier was also drawn to Franklin . The twenty - five - year difference in their ages did not keep the two apart ; in fact , in France as elsewhere Franklin found ...
... Royal Academy of Sciences in November 1790.24 The great French chemist Lavoisier was also drawn to Franklin . The twenty - five - year difference in their ages did not keep the two apart ; in fact , in France as elsewhere Franklin found ...
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The Irrational Mr Franklin | 55 |
The Triumph of the Enemies | 77 |
An Old Friend Becomes an Enemy | 115 |
Wedderburnes in France Arthur Lee and Ralph Izard | 139 |
John Adams | 171 |
No Love for Franklins Enemies | 203 |
Abbreviations and Short Titles | 215 |
Notes | 217 |
Index | 243 |
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