Plain truth: or, Serious considerations on the present state of the city of Philadelphia, and province of Pennsylvania [electronic resource] : / By a tradesman of Philadelphia. [Sixteen lines in Latin from Sallust]
- Bib ID:
- 3166224
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Uniform Title:
- Plain truth
- Online Access:
- http://galenet.gale.com/servlet/ECCO?c=1&stp=Author&ste=11&af=BN&ae=W017010&tiPG=1&dd=0&dc=flc&docNum=CW104472384&vrsn=1.0&srchtp=a&d4=0.33&n=10&SU=0LRL+OR+0LRI&locID=nla
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- Description:
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- [Philadelphia : Printed [by Benjamin Franklin], in the year MDCCXLVII. [1747]
- 22,[2]p. ; 8°.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online.
- Notes:
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- Attributed to Benjamin Franklin by Miller, who identifies him as the printer.
- This printing is primarily a reimpression of the standing type of the first edition (Evans 5948). Leaf C4, blank in the first impression, here contains an English translation of the Latin excerpt from Sallust quoted on the title page, and the last line of text on p. 3 has been corrected; cf. Miller.
- Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Dec. 3, 1747, seventeen days after the appearance of the first impression; cf. Miller.
- Cited In:
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- Evans, 5949
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1010a
- Miller, C.W. Franklin, 417
- ESTC, 17010
- Reproduction:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to subscribers.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1790
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1747
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