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John Bach McMaster

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 ...now openly accused of having sold himself. The charge was first made by the National Intelligencer, a Jeffersonian newspaper published in Washington. The public, said the editor, is tired with waiting for the appearance of Dr. Franklin's works. Something is wrong. An ugly rumor is afloat that the papers of the great man never will be published. It's time for his descendants to explain. No explanation was made; whereupon the National Intelligencer returned to the charge in 1804. Silence, said the editor, had given the subject increased weight. More than eight years ago assurances were given repeatedly that an edition was to appear at the same time in Europe and America. Why has it not appeared? Some say because Mr. Temple Franklin sold his copyright to a London bookseller, who in turn sold it for a much greater sum to the British Government, in order that the papers might be suppressed. This plain statement seems to have had some effect at home, for the next year William Duane, editor of the Aurora, and husband of the widow of Benjamin Franklin Bache, advertised for subscriptions to a three-volume edition of Franklin's works. But even this dragged on for thirteen years, when, instead of three, six volumes had been issued.f The charge of suppressing once started in this country, crossed the Atlantic, and in 1806 appeared in the preface to The same charge appears in The (Boston) Democrat, August 28, 1804. f The first rolume appeared in 1808; the last in 1818, a three-volume edition of Franklin's writings, edited by hia old friend, Benjamin Vaughan, at London. When, says Vaughan, Temple Franklin thought his manuscript ready for the press, he offered it to the London printers; but his terms were too high, the printers demurred, and nothing more has been heard of...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the Civil War, Volume 5. To get started finding A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the Civil War, Volume 5, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 ...now openly accused of having sold himself. The charge was first made by the National Intelligencer, a Jeffersonian newspaper published in Washington. The public, said the editor, is tired with waiting for the appearance of Dr. Franklin's works. Something is wrong. An ugly rumor is afloat that the papers of the great man never will be published. It's time for his descendants to explain. No explanation was made; whereupon the National Intelligencer returned to the charge in 1804. Silence, said the editor, had given the subject increased weight. More than eight years ago assurances were given repeatedly that an edition was to appear at the same time in Europe and America. Why has it not appeared? Some say because Mr. Temple Franklin sold his copyright to a London bookseller, who in turn sold it for a much greater sum to the British Government, in order that the papers might be suppressed. This plain statement seems to have had some effect at home, for the next year William Duane, editor of the Aurora, and husband of the widow of Benjamin Franklin Bache, advertised for subscriptions to a three-volume edition of Franklin's works. But even this dragged on for thirteen years, when, instead of three, six volumes had been issued.f The charge of suppressing once started in this country, crossed the Atlantic, and in 1806 appeared in the preface to The same charge appears in The (Boston) Democrat, August 28, 1804. f The first rolume appeared in 1808; the last in 1818, a three-volume edition of Franklin's writings, edited by hia old friend, Benjamin Vaughan, at London. When, says Vaughan, Temple Franklin thought his manuscript ready for the press, he offered it to the London printers; but his terms were too high, the printers demurred, and nothing more has been heard of...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the Civil War, Volume 5. To get started finding A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the Civil War, Volume 5, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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