The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 9
Letters & Writings 1781 - 1782
Benjamin Franklin ; John Bigelow
- It
- is
- easy
- to
- be
- persuaded
- that
- Mr.
- John
- Bigelow's
- edition
- of
- 'The
- Works
- of
- Benjamin
- Franklin'
- is
- likely
- to
- be
- the
- most
- complete,
- the
- most
- scholarly
- and
- acccurate,
- the
- 'Federal'
- edition.
- Mr.
- Bigelow
- was
- confessedly
- the
- foremost
- authority
- on
- Franklin.
- Beside
- the
- material
- now
- in
- print,
- carefully
- collated
- for
- the
- present
- purpose,
- so
- far
- as
- possible,
- with
- the
- original
- manuscripts,
- he
- has
- had
- free
- use
- of
- the
- supplementary
- Franklin
- MSS.
- purchased
- by
- the
- State
- Department
- in
- 1881,
- and
- not
- published
- before
- his
- work,
- and
- the
- autobiography
- has
- been
- printed
- for
- the
- first
- time
- in
- any
- collected
- edition
- of
- Franklin's
- Works,
- from
- the
- original
- manuscript,
- which
- was
- in
- Mr.
- BigeIow's
- possession.
- Mr.
- Bigelow
- promises
- upwards
- of
- 350
- letters
- and
- documents
- which
- have
- never
- appeared
- in
- any
- previous
- collection,
- beside
- a
- thorough
- revision
- of
- the
- text
- throughout,
- and
- a
- new,
- chronological,
- arrangement
- of
- matter.
- The
- notes
- and
- other
- editorial
- additions
- are
- limited
- strictly
- to
- the
- illustration
- of
- the
- text.
- This
- is
- volume
- nine
- out
- of
- twelve,
- covering
- the
- years
- 1781
- through 1782.
