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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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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.rights This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Evans Early American Imprints Text Creation Partnership (Evans-TCP). This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal. The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
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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