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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 | |