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Chronology | |
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Key Characters | |
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Introduction | |
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The Young Apprentice | |
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Silence Dogood Introduces Herself | |
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Silence Dogood on Courtship | |
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Silence Dogood Attacks Harvard | |
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Silence Dogood's Recipe for Poetry | |
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Silence Dogood Attacks the Puritan Theocracy | |
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Silence Dogood Proposes Civic Improvements | |
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A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity | |
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Plan of Conduct | |
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Advice to His Sister on Her Marriage | |
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A New Creed and Liturgy | |
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The Philadelphia Printer | |
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The First Abortion Controversy | |
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The Busy-Body | |
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Franklin the Editor | |
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The Lessons of Misprints | |
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Rules for Marriage | |
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A Scolding Wife | |
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A Witch Trial at Mount Holly | |
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A Printer's Creed | |
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Sex Sells | |
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Anthony Afterwit on Marriage | |
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Celia Single Responds | |
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In Praise of Gossip | |
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The Discussion Club | |
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How to Please in Conversation | |
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Poor Richard and Friends | |
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Introducing Poor Richard | |
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Poor Richard vs. Mr. Leeds | |
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On the Death of Infants | |
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Poor Richard Denies He Is Franklin | |
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Faith Versus Good Works | |
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Poor Richard Blames His Printer | |
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The Drinker's Dictionary | |
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How to Write an Almanac | |
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Poor Richard's Wife Takes Her Turn | |
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Poor Richard Defends Astrology and Wit | |
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A Defense of Religious Tolerance | |
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A Ballad for Deborah | |
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Reasons to Choose an Older Mistress | |
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Polly Baker's Trial | |
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The Public Citizen | |
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A Call to Arms for the Middling People | |
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The University of Pennsylvania | |
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How to Be a Good Tradesman | |
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Rattlesnakes for Felons | |
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Magical Squares | |
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On Welfare Dependency | |
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The Albany Plan for an American Union | |
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Catherine Ray | |
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A Parable on Intolerance | |
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The Way to Wealth | |
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Lobbyist in London | |
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Reasons for Restoring Canada to France | |
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Mary Stevenson | |
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David Hume | |
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On Observing the Sabbath | |
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When Oil Does Not Calm Troubled Waters | |
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Race and Slavery | |
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Propaganda Agent | |
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A Paean to Deborah | |
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The Grumpy Boarder | |
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More on Welfare Dependency | |
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Cold Air Baths | |
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The Fable of the Lion and the Dog | |
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Polly Gets Married | |
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The Cravenstreet Gazette | |
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A Showdown with Lord Hillsborough | |
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The Seeds of a Total Disunion | |
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How to Weigh a Decision | |
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Ode to a Squirrel | |
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The Cause of Colds | |
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Parody Rules and an Edict Directed at Britain | |
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American Rebel | |
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You Are My Enemy | |
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Proposed Articles of Confederation | |
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The Rattlesnake as America's Symbol | |
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Ambassador in Paris | |
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An Appeal to France's Interests | |
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The Sale of the Hessians | |
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A Form Letter of Recommendation | |
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The Twelve Commandments, to Madame Brillon | |
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A Proposed Treaty with Madame Brillon | |
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Bagatelle of the Ephemera | |
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Madame Helvetius and Elysian Fields | |
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John Paul Jones | |
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To His Daughter on Fame, Frugality, and Grandchildren | |
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The Morals of Chess | |
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Bagatelle on St. Peter's Tolerance | |
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On Wine and the Elbow | |
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To George Washington on Reputation | |
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John Adams | |
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Dialogue Between the Gout and Mr. Franklin | |
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The Science of Farts | |
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A Fable About Misguided Loyalists | |
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Seducing the French | |
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To Polly on Her Mother and the Futility of War | |
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A Critique of Excess Wealth | |
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On Hereditary Honors and the Turkey | |
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A Vision of America | |
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No Longer His Enemy | |
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Daylight Savings Time | |
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The Prodigal William | |
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On Wishes, Age, and Bifocals | |
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Constitutional Sage | |
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The Constitutional Convention | |
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Motion for Prayers | |
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Franklin's Closing Speech | |
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A Miffy Family | |
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Webster's Dictionary | |
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On the Abolition of Slavery | |
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The Final Parody, on Slavery | |
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On Jesus Christ | |
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To Thomas Jefferson | |
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Last Will and Codicil | |
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The Autobiography | |
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The Autobiography | |