Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods; introduced to the publick by Poor Richard, (a famous conjurer and almanack-maker) in answer to the following questions, Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we be ever able to pay them? What would you advise us to do?
dc.contributor | Text Creation Partnership, |
dc.contributor.author | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. |
dc.coverage.placeName | New Haven, Connecticut |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-25 |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-07T17:06:27Z |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-07T17:06:27Z |
dc.date.created | 1767 |
dc.date.issued | 2004-08 |
dc.identifier | ota:N08316 |
dc.identifier.citation | http://purl.ox.ac.uk/ota/N08316 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12024/N08316 |
dc.description.abstract | A collection of the sayings of Poor Richard, presented in the form of a speech, and variously known as Father Abraham's speech, The way to wealth, and La science du Bonhomme Richard. First published as the introduction to Poor Richard's almanac for 1758. Signed on p. 16: Richard Saunders. Date of publication supplied by Evans. |
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dc.language | English |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Oxford |
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dc.relation.ispartof | Evans-TCP (Phase 1) |
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dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
dc.rights.label | PUB |
dc.subject.lcsh | Maxims. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Success. |
dc.subject.lcsh | Wealth. |
dc.title | Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods; introduced to the publick by Poor Richard, (a famous conjurer and almanack-maker) in answer to the following questions, Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? How shall we be ever able to pay them? What would you advise us to do? |
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identifier.ee | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/frankbenja001626 |
identifier.lccn | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79043402 |
identifier.stc | Evans 10619 |
otaterms.date.range | 1700-1799 |
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