Benjamin Franklin " doer of good" : a biography / [Jared Sparks].

  • Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866.
Date:
[1867?]
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Credit: Benjamin Franklin " doer of good" : a biography / [Jared Sparks]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    his death, has been prepared from the memoirs of two of his most able biographers. The result is that this volume is a picture of the man as seen by others, and not as seen by himself, and a better opportunity is thus afforded to the reader of forming an impartial opinion of the character of this eminent friend of his country. The present volume has been carefully condensed and edited from the celebrated Life by Jared Sparks,* and the more recent and extensive Life and Times by James Parton.t * The Life of Benjamin Franklin; containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation. By Jared Sparks. Svo. Boston, 1857. t Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. By James Parton. 2 vols. Svo. New York. 1S64. 1