Physical Description:
1 vol., 33cm.; 224 p. Notes:
The manuscript, containing extensive revisions, is very difficult
to read in its original form. For a comprehensive transcription of
the contents, please see: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin :
a genetic text, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay and P. M. Zall.
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1981. Biographical Note:
Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1791, created this unfinished record of his
life from 1771-1789. The manuscript is divided into four parts,
according to the periods in which he wrote them. Part One, written
primarily in 1771, recounts his childhood and early adulthood. The
writing of Part Two resumes in the early 1780s, while Franklin was
in France. Part Three in August 1788 when Franklin returned to
Philadelphia. Part Four was undertaken between November 1789 and
Franklin's death on April 17, 1790. The brevity of the section
reflects the author's declining health. The manuscript shows heavy
revisions by Franklin and some by Benjamin Franklin Bache. Subjects:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1791 -- Manuscripts. Form/Genre:
Diaries ; Manuscripts -- United States --18th century. (aat) Physical Collection:
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Provenance:
Formerly in the library of E. Dwight Church.
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