Benjamin and William Franklin
First EditionSheila L. Skemp
©1994
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A collection of letters details the father-son relationship in Benjamin and William Franklin, which stands as an example of the struggle over the question of loyalty to England during the American Revolution.
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Foreword
Preface
PART I. BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM FRANKLIN
Introduction: Divided Loyalties
1. Self-Made Men
2. Forging a Partnership
3. Government Men
4. Men in the Middle
5. The Making of a Patriot
6. The Making of a Loyalist
7. Toward Independence
8. "When in the Course of Human Events"
Epilogue
PART II. THE DOCUMENTS
1. William Franklin, Letter to Benjamin Franklin, September 7, 1765
2. Benjamin Franklin, Letter to William Franklin, September 9, 1765
3. John Dickinson, From "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies," 1767, 1768
4. William Franklin, Letter to Lord Hillsborough, November 23, 1768
5. Benjamin Franklin, "Causes of the American Discontents before 1768," January 1768
6. William Franklin, Speech to the New Jersey Assembly, January 13, 1775
7. William Franklin, Letter to Lord Dartmouth, May 6, 1775
8. Benjamin Franklin, Letter to William Franklin, August 16, 1784
APPENDICES
A Franklin Chronology (1706–1814)
Selected Bibliography
Index
Preface
PART I. BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM FRANKLIN
Introduction: Divided Loyalties
1. Self-Made Men
2. Forging a Partnership
3. Government Men
4. Men in the Middle
5. The Making of a Patriot
6. The Making of a Loyalist
7. Toward Independence
8. "When in the Course of Human Events"
Epilogue
PART II. THE DOCUMENTS
1. William Franklin, Letter to Benjamin Franklin, September 7, 1765
2. Benjamin Franklin, Letter to William Franklin, September 9, 1765
3. John Dickinson, From "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies," 1767, 1768
4. William Franklin, Letter to Lord Hillsborough, November 23, 1768
5. Benjamin Franklin, "Causes of the American Discontents before 1768," January 1768
6. William Franklin, Speech to the New Jersey Assembly, January 13, 1775
7. William Franklin, Letter to Lord Dartmouth, May 6, 1775
8. Benjamin Franklin, Letter to William Franklin, August 16, 1784
APPENDICES
A Franklin Chronology (1706–1814)
Selected Bibliography
Index