Male : Statesman, Philosopher, Scientist, Man of Letters & Printer. Lived in London 1757-1762 & 1764 to 1775

Nationality : American Place of Birth : Boston, Massachusetts

Date of Birth : 1706 Date of Death : 1790 Age : 84

Pseudonyms : Richard Saunders

Other Work : Printer. Established the first circulating 'Subscription' library in Philadelphia in 1731

Education : Boston GS

1725-1750
The Dogwood Papers
Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure & Pain (1725 PP)
Poor Richard's Almanack (1732-58 Philadelphia) - under the name of Richard Saunders
A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge (1743)
Account of the New Invented Pennsylvania Fire Place (1744)
Plain Truth, or Serious Consideration on the Present State of the City of Philadelphia (1747)
Advice to a Young Tradesman (1748)
Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania (1749)

1751-1770
Experiments and Observations on Electricity, made at Philadelphia in America (1751-4)
(1754 Henry, London. 2nd Ed)
Offered in 1998 for £1400
(1774 Newbery. 4th Ed)
Offered in 1992 for £1500
(1774 Newbery, London. 5th Ed)
Offered in 1998 for £1530
The Way to Wealth (1757)
An Historical Review of the Constitution & Government of Pennsylvania (1759)
The Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to Her Colonies (1760)
Cool Thoughts on the Present Situation of Our Public Affairs (1764)
Preface to the Speech of Joseph Galloway (1764)

1771-1800
Poems (1786)
Miscellaneous Works (1788)
National Gazette (1791-3)
Works (1793 for P Wogan, Dublin)
Observations on Smoky Chimneys, Their Causes and Cure (1793 for Taylor, London. 3rd Ed)
Offered in 1998 for £450
Poems Written between the Years 1768 & 1794 (1795)
The Way to Wealth or Poor Richard Improved (1795 Renouard, Paris)
Offered in 1998 for £530
Letters on Various Interesting & Important Subjects (1799)

After 1801
Select Pieces (1804 G Nicholson)
The Complete Works (1806 Johnson, London. 2nd Ed) - 3 vols
Offered in 1998 for £280
The Life and Works (c1815 Brightly & Childs, Bungay)
Memoirs of the Life and Writings .. written by Himself (1817-18 London, Colburn) - 3 vols
Familiar Letters and Miscellaneous Papers (1833 Jackson & Walford, London)
Autobiography (1850-4 London) - Edited by Jared Sparks (publ in full 1868)
My Printing Experiences (1921 Porte, Salt Lake City)
Benjamin Franklin on Marriage (1929 Peter Pauper Press) - 500
Poor Richard's Almanack .. with Cuts Designed by Herb Roth
(1936 Peter Pauper Press, Mt Vernon) - 950
Last Poems (1946)
The Almanacs for the Years 1733-1758 (1964 Ltd Eds Club NY) - 1500 signed by Norman Rockwell
Offered for £220 in 1998
Poor Richard's Almanacks for 1733-1758 (1964 Heritage Press NY) - Norman Rockwell

READING
Henry Stevens : Benjamin Franklin's Life & Writings (1881 Davy, London)
Paul Leicester Ford : Franklin Bibliography - A List of Books Written by or Relating
to Benjamin Franklin (1889 NY) - 500
C William Miller : Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing 1728-1766 - A Descriptive Bibliography
(1974 American Philosophical Soc, Phila)
Ronald W Clark : Benjamin Franklin - A Biography (1983 London)
Robert Middlekauf : Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies (1996 California £19.95)
Francis Jennings : Benjamin Franklin, Politician - The Mask & the Man (1997 Norton £19.95)
Walter Isaacson : Benjamin Franklin - An American Life (2004 Simon & Schuster £20)